2014

Carl Camden

Carl Camden

Kelly Services
CEO

Carl Camden is president and CEO of Kelly Services, the fifth-largest staffing firm in the world and the 10th largest in Europe, although the company has reduced its European network in recent years. Having earned a doctorate by the age of 25, Camden has been a marketing executive for a bank holding company, co-president of an advertising agency and co-founder of a behavioural research group. He is also a tenured university professor. A recipient of numerous awards throughout his career, Camden is a big supporter of mandated health benefits for temporary workers. He is a member of The Business Roundtable and an executive committee member of the Committee for Economic Development.

Rob Zandbergen

Rob Zandbergen

USG People nv
CEO

Rob Zandbergen has been CEO and a member of the executive board of USG People nv since 2010. Prior to that, he served as an interim CEO of USG People nv and interim CFO. He has been active in the temporary employment sector since early 2003, starting off as CFO of Solvus nv, the publicly listed company acquired by USG People in 2005. USG People is the fourth-largest staffing firm in Europe.

Martin Alonso

Martin Alonso

Adecco
Regional Head of Northern Europe

Martin Alonso was appointed regional head of Northern Europe, Adecco, in August 2011. Alonso joined Adecco Spain in 1993 as branch manager. In 1998, after having held various operational positions, he was appointed as the finance manager for Adecco Spain and Portugal. From 2003 to 2005, he was the regional finance manager for Adecco Central Europe. As of 2007, he also took on the role of operational manager for Adecco Portugal. From 2009 to September 2011, he held the position of finance manager for Iberia and South America.

Volker Enkerts

Volker Enkerts

BAP
President

Volker Enkerts is president of BAP, Germany’s national staffing association. Since 1989, he has owned and operated Hamburg-based FLEX-TIME GmbH. In 1992, Enkerts became a board member of the BZA — BundesverbandZeitarbeit Personal Dienstleistungen (German Association of Private Employment) — and then president in 2004. In 2010/2011, BZA merged with AMP — Arbeitgeberverband Mittelständischer Personaldienstleister (Employers’ Association of Medium-Sized Personnel Services) — to form BAP. He was elected as president after the merger. Enkerts has also been a board member of the BDA, Bundesvereinigung der DeutschenArbeitgeberverbände (Confederation of German Employers’ Associations), since 1998.

Wessel van Alphen

Wessel van Alphen

IT-Staffing
Founder and owner

Wessel van Alphen is founder (1986) and owner of the Dutch company IT-Staffing, one of the largest IT specialist firms in the European staffing market. Following the launch in 1978 of his first company providing the services of self-employed IT specialists to clients, van Alphen was involved in the creation of numerous other businesses, ranging from staffing brands to Internet radios. He passed the daily management of the company to his son, Wessel van Alphen Jr., in December 2013.

Roland Gomez

Roland Gomez

Proman
Managing Director

Roland Gomez is the managing director of the French staffing group Proman, which was founded in 1990. Proman is the seventh-largest staffing firm in France and the largest privately held staffing firm operating in the French market. Prior to this, Gomez trained as an industrial steelworker, and later worked as a branch manager for an engineering services firm.

Herwig Muyldermans

Herwig Muyldermans

Belgian staffing association, Federgon
General Director

Herwig Muyldermans is the general director of the Belgian staffing association, Federgon. He plays a central role in negotiating collective agreements on behalf of the Belgian staffing industry. Before joining the association in 1990, he occupied senior positions at the Belgian association representing the clothing industry.

Andrew Hogarth

Andrew Hogarth

Staffline
CEO

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.

Alistair Cox

Alistair Cox

Hays
CEO

Alistair Cox is chief executive of Hays, which had revenue of £3,697 million in its last financial year. He has been CEO since 2007. Prior to Hays, he was chief executive at Xansa plc from 2002. Cox is also a non-executive director of 3i Group plc. He is a chartered engineer and has an MBA from the Stanford Business School in California.

Oliver Watson

Oliver Watson

PageGroup
Executive Board Director

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 U.K., U.S., 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.