Oct 12, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, Spanish -

No stranger to tech startups, Felipe Navío was advisor and founder of ticket marketplace ticketbis in 2007 and strategy consultant in 2008 for Tuenti as it pivoted from being the “Spanish Facebook” to its present iteration as a cloud-based telephony service. In 2009, he joined with Juan Urdiales to co-found on-demand staffing platform Jobandtalent in 2009. Under Navío’s co-leadership, Madrid-based Jobandtalent secured €100 million from the SoftBank Vision Fund 2 to promote expansion into new markets. Jobandtalent serves Colombia, France, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and, as of this year, the United States.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Belgian -

Mark De Smedt has been the The Adecco Group’s regional head of Northern Europe since January 2016, leading also Germany, Austria and Switzerland as part of the same region as of July 2017. He joined The Adecco Group in 2009 as country manager for Belgium & Luxembourg. He was previously managing partner of professional staffing specialist XPE Group. Prior to this, he was responsible for The Adecco Group’s Benelux operations between 2002 and 2007. Before joining staffing, De Smedt held various executive positions at Wang, Apple, Citibank, and Scoot in France, Spain and Belgium.

Oct 20, 2020

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Impellam Group CEO Julia Robertson has worked in staffing for her entire career and has enjoyed both entrepreneurial and corporate success. She founded her own recruitment company in 1986 and later joined Tate as managing director, where she developed her craft, subsequently selling both businesses to Carlisle Staffing Services, now the Impellam Group. Robertson became CEO of Impellam’s UK staffing and managed services businesses after the 2008 merger and was appointed group CEO in April 2013. She formerly served as CEO of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now known as the REC), the professional body for the UK recruitment industry.

Aug 25, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, Dutch -

Jacques van den Broek joined Randstad as a branch manager in 1988. Appointments followed as regional director in the Netherlands and, subsequently, as marketing director Randstad Europe. In 2002, he moved to Capac Inhouse Services as managing director, also taking on responsibility for Randstad in Denmark and Switzerland. He was appointed to the executive board in 2004 and as CEO and chairman in 2014. Van den Broek is responsible for Germany, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore & Malaysia as well as group business concept development, HR, marketing and communications, and public affairs.

Aug 18, 2019

SI 100 Europe - 2019, Dutch -

Margriet Spijker is CEO of the Dutch staffing company Timing, a part of ADG Group. Timing ranks third on Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2019 List of Largest Staffing Firms in the Netherlands. Spijker has more than 25 years of experience in the HR and employment services industry. She joined the company as a consultant in 1988 and has fulfilled various management positions, including deputy manager and general manager. ADG Group acquired staffing firm In Person last year, which also came under her supervision.

Neil Carberry

Recruitment and Employment Confederation

CEO

British

Oct 8, 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2021, British -

Neil Carberry is chief executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, the leading body for the UK’s £39 billion recruitment and staffing industry. Since arriving in 2018, Carberry has transformed the presence of the REC, with greater reach across the industry, the media and policy makers, driven by sharper content, tone and brand. The pandemic saw REC step up, providing key support that helped firms survive. The REC’s Recruitment for Recovery campaign and revised business advice is positioning firms for success for the post-pandemic world. Its success is represented by a third straight year of rising new membership.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

Sep 30, 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2022, British -

Following leadership roles with Guidant Global, AMS and Rullion, Melanie Forbes launched Apsco OutSource in January 2021 and serves as the organisation’s managing director. Under her leadership, Apsco OutSource members have worked with Apsco UK recruitment members to create guiding principles which outline best practice expectations across the entire talent supply programme and specify ways to continuously improve innovation and collaboration between outsource providers and staffing companies. Forbes aims to continue Apsco OutSource’s growth across central Europe. She is an active member of the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Sep 25, 2022

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CEO since 2019, Mike Barnard has led Acacium Group through its next phase of expansion across workforce solutions. Formerly known as Independent Clinical Services Group, Acacium Group provides staffing, managed services and innovative delivery models to health and social care systems and the life sciences industry. Prior to joining Acacium Group, Barnard held executive positions at several companies including Capita plc, Cable & Wireless Worldwide plc, Energis, The Boston Consulting Group and British Airways. Headquartered in London, Acacium Group operates in the UK, Ireland, US, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Singapore, China, Japan and Australia.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

Johnathan Johnson is CEO of Fircroft, which was founded by his father, John Johnson. He joined in 1997 as a consultant and was promoted to operations director for the international oil and gas sector in 2001. Since taking the helm in 2005, he has overseen the global expansion of the company, taking advantage of the globalisation in the oil and gas industry. As CEO, Johnson has made sure that the company’s service offering has developed to meet the needs of its growing client base.

Aug 24, 2017

SI 100 Europe - 2017, British -

Nigel Heap joined Hays UK in 1988 as a trainee consultant. By 1997, he was managing director of Hays Australia, and consequently expanded operations to New Zealand, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia. In 2006, he was appointed managing director of Asia Pacific and has been managing director of the UK and Ireland, and chairman of the Asia Pacific business, since 2012. He has been with Hays for more than 25 years and has successfully led the growth of the Asia-Pacific business. Heap serves as a director of Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd. and the Hays Specialist Recruitment (Australia) Pty Ltd. New Zealand branch.