SI 100 Europe

Aug 24, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, Dutch -

Based in Switzerland, Dinette Koolhaas serves as VP and operations leader, EMEA, for Kelly Services. Koolhaas is also a board member for Kelly’s joint venture, TS Kelly Asia Pacific. Koolhaas joined Kelly Services in 2008 as VP and regional general manager for Western Europe, where she led eight country general managers to deliver on regional and country-specific growth strategies. She was promoted to VP and operations leader for EMEA in 2013. Koolhaas started her career as a consultant at a logistic consultancy agency in Holland before moving to USG People, with whom she remained for more than 12 years. She holds an MBA and is a board member of the World Employment Confederation.

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, British -

Matthew Sanders is CEO of Brookfield Rose, a group of 13 companies, including de Poel. Awards for these firms have included the Great British Entrepreneur Award for Social Enterprise (UK), a listing for five consecutive years on The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For, along with The Sunday Times Profit Track 100 and Top Track 250 recognitions. Sanders began his career working for a number of recruitment companies, including Manpower UK and Corporate Services Group plc (now Impellam).

Oct 9, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, British -

Kevin Freeguard has been CEO and board member of UK-based Gattaca plc since 2018. His senior leadership experience within technology businesses such as Siemens, Motorola, De La Rue and Verifone has given him first-hand knowledge of the challenges global organisations face in securing the skills they need to succeed. The company continues to focus on its growth plans, focusing on STEM skills across the many sectors that it supports. Under his leadership over the past year, Gattaca launched a programme to support returning unemployed STEM-skilled candidates back into work.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Sep 19, 2023

SI 100 Europe - 2023 -

A 26-plus year staffing industry veteran, Jilko Andringa is CEO of Brunel International, a €1.2 billion global provider of specialist workforce solutions. Netherlands-based Brunel was ranked by SIA as the 61st-largest staffing firm in the world. Andringa plans to drive a balanced environmental, social and governance agenda, including better diversity in succession planning to foster equity in all levels of the organisation. In 2022, Brunel became carbon neutral. Prior to joining Brunel in 2017, Andriga was president, Northern Europe, of ManpowerGroup; he previously held management positions at Randstad. Andringa is also a member of the supervisory board of EW Facility Services.

Aug 10, 2015

SI 100 Europe - 2015, British -

Oliver Watson is an executive board director for the PageGroup. He is responsible for all Michael Page, Page Executive and Page Personnel operations in the UK, US, Canada, Middle East and South Africa. Prior to this, he was regional managing director for Michael Page UK. Watson joined the company as a consultant in London in 1995.

Sep 23, 2023

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An economics graduate from Cambridge University, James Hilton joined Hays plc in 2008 and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming group finance director in October 2022. His background in M&A advisory, corporate broking, and as a chartered accountant with KPMG has served Hays well, as Hilton has held a number of senior finance roles prior to his current role including head of investor relations, UK financial controller, European finance director and group financial controller. Hilton also serves on the Hays plc executive board and is focused on executing the company’s strategic vision for growth.

Sep 23, 2023

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Sonja Heinrich began her staffing career in 2014 with Nexpera and in 2019 joined I.K. Hofmann USA as president. She also is a member of I.K. Hofmann’s executive committee in EMEA. During her tenure, Heinrich has invested heavily in building a culture of innovation and high-performing teams. In 2022, the I.K. Hofmann Group became a member of the World Employment Confederation, expanding the firm’s strategic international objectives. Heinrich serves on the board of directors at the German American Chamber of Commerce.

Oct 4, 2014

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Johnathan Johnson is the chief executive officer of Fircroft. Johnson joined Fircroft in 1997 as a consultant and was promoted to operations director for the IT, commercial and rail sectors in 2001. Since taking the helm in 2005 from his father and company founder John Johnson, he has overseen the global expansion of the company. Fircroft now operates in more than 60 countries and reported an annual turnover of £898 million in 2013. Johnson was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2011 in the globalisation category.

Aug 24, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, German -

Volker Enkerts is the president of the Employers’ Association of Personnel Service Providers, also known as BAP. In 1992, Enkerts was elected as a board member of the German Association of Private Employment, also known as the BZA, and progressed to the president role in 2004. The BZA and the Employers’ Association of Medium-Sized Personnel Services merged to form BAP, of which he was elected president. Enkerts is also a board member of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations. Furthermore, Enkerts is chairman of the statutory accident insurance institution, VBG, and runs Hamburg-based FLEX-TIME GmbH as owner and managing director.

Aug 16, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, Finnish -

Minna Vanhala-Harmanen early last year took over as CEO of Barona, the largest staffing firm in Finland with projected 2019 revenue of €400 million. Following its 2017 acquisition of Opteam, the third-largest firm in the country, she has integrated and transitioned the two firms to develop Barona into a stronger and more agile company with a broader service portfolio. Prior to the acquisition, Vanhala-Harmanen was with Opteam for 10 years, the last six as CEO. She has also for the past 12 years served on the board of the Private Employment Agencies Association in Finland, including five years as chair.