SI 100 Europe

Oct 17, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Matthew Perrett serves as chairman and board advisor to several owner-managed and private equity-backed companies operating across the international human capital services sector. With more than 20 years of experience in supporting management, Perrett has founded and exited several niche staffing and recruitment businesses — primarily in life sciences, regulated manufacturing and energy sectors. He has led companies through trade and private equity capital events and management buyout/buy-in transactions and has advised shareholders on exit strategies and deal execution. This year, Perrett supported the management buyout of a talent in-sourcing company, several refinancings and a group company roll-up and has advocated for driving standards in the industry.

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

As deputy CEO of Robert Walters plc, Giles Daubeney works closely with the chairman and the board, taking a more active role in the company’s strategy while also maintaining the responsibilities of his previous COO role. He joined the company in 1988 and became deputy CEO in January 2016. From 1990 to 1994, he was based in Amsterdam and responsible for the group’s Dutch and Belgian operations. Daubeney became COO in 1999, and was appointed to the board in 2000. Prior to Robert Walters, Daubeney worked in recruitment for Accountancy Selection Ltd. and Badenoch & Clark Ltd.

Oct 4, 2014

SI 100 Europe - 2014, Italian -

Alessandro Ramazza is president of ObiettivoLavoro, the fifth-largest Italian staffing firm. Before becoming president in 2005, he was director of the human resources groups CMC of Ravenna and then Rodano consortium of Reggio Emilia. ObiettivoLavoro has more than 800 employees and 172 branches offices (160 in Italy and 12 in other parts of Europe and South America). Ramazza has a degree in business economics and a master’s from the London Business School.

Jul 24, 2016

SI 100 Europe - 2016, British -

Julia Robertson’s recruitment career started in 1979 and took off when she founded her own recruitment business, The Agency, in 1986. In 1996, she took the helm of another recruitment firm, Tate, which she sold alongside The Agency in 2000 to Carlisle Staffing Services. Robertson then held several managing director roles within the Carlisle group. Robertson became divisional CEO of Impellam UK and was appointed group chief executive officer of the Impellam Group in April 2013. Robertson served as chief executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants, now known as REC, from 1993 to 1996. Robertson stands for high integrity leadership, delivering on promises and her vision is to build the world’s most trusted staffing company.

Oct 4, 2014

SI 100 Europe - 2014, Dutch -

Hans Leentjes has been president, Northern Europe and executive VP at ManpowerGroup since 2011. When he joined ManpowerGroup as manager of the Netherlands in 2005, he brought 15 years of employment services experience gained at Randstad. In 2008, he successfully finalized the acquisition of Vitae, a specialty engineering and finance firm with revenues in excess of €74 million.

Oct 15, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, Belizean, British -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Lord Michael Ashcroft is an international businessman, philanthropist, author and pollster. Lord Ashcroft has varied and substantial business interests around the world in public and private companies, including serving as non-executive chairman of Impellam Group, a £2.25 billion UK-based staffing firm. He is a former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party in the UK, the honourary chairman and former treasurer of the International Democrat Union and a Privy Council member. In the UK, he is the founder and chair of trustees of both Crimestoppers and the Ashcroft Technology Academy and chancellor of Anglia Ruskin University.

Jul 23, 2016

SI 100 Europe - 2016, Belgian -

Herwig Muyldermans is the general director of Federgon, the Belgian staffing association. He plays a central role in negotiating with the Belgian government and its social partners on behalf of the Belgian staffing industry. In 2014, his perseverance resulted in the removal of one of the last restrictions to temporary agency work in the country: The coalition government announced that staffing providers would be able to provide services to the public sector. Before joining the association in 1990, he occupied senior positions at the Belgian association representing the clothing industry.

Oct 4, 2014

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Andrew Hogarth is CEO of Staffline, which had revenue of £416 million in its latest financial year. He has been with the company since 2002. ISIS funded the buy in/management buyout of the firm in 2000 and introduced Hogarth as finance director. Hogarth helped float the firm on AIM in 2004 and has been chief executive since 2003. He is a certified neuro-linguistic programming coach.

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, German -

Ingrid Hofmann is CEO of I.K. Hofmann (also known as Hofmann Personal). Founded in 1985 in Nuremberg, I.K. Hofmann is one of the largest staffing agencies in Europe and one of the 10 largest staffing firms in Germany. In 2010, I.K. Hofmann was awarded the Ludwig Erhard Prize, the highest award for business excellence in Germany. I.K. Hofmann holds the Great Place to Work Gold Trust Champion Award for being honoured seven times in a row, most recently in 2015. Hofmann is a member of the board of the Federal Employment Agency and is an active member of the Employers’ Association of Personnel Service Providers Association (BAP) and the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations (BDA).

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, French -

Roland Gomez is CEO of the French staffing group Proman, which he founded in 1990. The family run company is the fifth-largest staffing firm in France and the largest privately held staffing firm operating in the French market. A rare feature for a top player in the staffing industry, the Gomez family are the sole shareholders of the company. In the last five years, the company achieved an average revenue growth rate between 15% and 20%. Prior to founding Proman, Gomez trained as an industrial steelworker, and later worked as a branch manager for an engineering services firm. Gomez recently passed the baton to his son Roland as managing director.