Ged Mason is CEO of Morson, a U.K.-based technical staffing firm. He joined the company in 1986 and took over as managing director in 1999 from his father, Gerry Mason (see separate entry), with backing from Barclays Private Equity. The company was floatedon AIM in 2006 and taken private again in 2012.
Leo Lindelauf joined Randstad in 1979 as district manager and has held various management roles, such as becoming managing director operations for Randstad Europe in 1994 and general manager of Randstad Netherlands in 1999. In 2001 he was appointed to the executive board and is now responsible for the Randstad and Tempo-Team brands in the Netherlands, Nordics, Eastern Europe, Greece and Turkey.
Olivier Lemaitre is executive board director Europe at PageGroup, in charge of the group’s operations in continental Europe. He launched Michael Page Brazil in 1999 and returned to Europe in 2002 to lead the Frankfurt office. He was later appointed as managing director of Michael Page in Germany and Switzerland and launched the Austrian business.
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.
Peter Searle rejoined Adecco in October 2009 as regional head of U.K. and Ireland. He firstjoined the Adecco Group with its 1999 acquisition of The Delphi Group, of which he was group managing director. Searle was responsible for Adecco’s Ajilon offices in Europe and APAC. In 2005, he became CEO of Adecco UK. From 2006, he was CEO of Spring Group, which was acquired by Adecco in 2009. Peter Searle holds an honours degree in business and a post-graduate diploma in marketing.
Simon Wassall has been with Harvey Nash for more than 15 years and is responsible for the U.K. and European IT recruitment operations. Prior to joining Harvey Nash, Wassall opened several new operations for Austin Benn, which led to his board appointment to a newly acquired advertising and marketing company.
Frits Goldschmeding is the founder of Randstad and the former president and CEO of Randstad Holding nv. Under his leadership, Randstad grew into one of the world’s largest temporary employment organisations. In 1999, he became a member of the supervisory board of the Randstad Group. In March 2011 he stepped down, but as the major shareholder,he still keeps an eye on his company.
Martin Weiß is the co-founder and managing director of ZAG Zeitarbeit, headquartered in Hanover, Germany. In 2007, Weiß founded the non-profit ZAG foundation Pro Chance, which supports the young and disadvantaged in various projects. Founded in 1984, ZAG Zeitarbeit operates more than 100 branches, employs more than 10,000 workers with approximately 17,000 client companies. With turnover of €280 million in 2012, ZAG Zeitarbeit is one of the 10 largest staffing companies in Germany. It is a member of the BAP Federal Employers’ Association of Personnel Services.
François Pinte is general secretary of the French group Synergie, the fifth-largest staffing firm in France. Pinteholds a number of positions at key institutions: president of the French staffing industry social fund FASTT; president of the audit committee of Prism’emploi, the French national staffing association; and elected member of the council of the Pays de Loire region.
Jean-Marc Brun is the CEO of the French staffing GroupeAdequat, a family-run company that he founded in 1987. He has grown the business to be among the top 10 staffing firms in the French market. In 1999, Brun founded the Domitis network, an innovative structure that enables member staffing companies to provide services nationwide to large accounts.
