2018

Aug 31, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, French -

Under Jean-Marc Brun’s leadership, Groupe Adéquat grew to become one of the largest staffing firms in France. He is chairman of the supervisory board of Groupe Adéquat, which he founded in 1987. The company reported total revenue of €889 million in 2017, up 21% from 2016, and estimates it will reach a turnover of €1 billion for the first time in 2018. Earlier this year, Groupe Adéquat acquired Sigmar in Ireland and Totem in Canada. Groupe Adéquat’s five-year mission is to become one of the top 25 staffing firms in the world, both through organic growth and continued investment in high-potential international brands.

Aug 29, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, German -

Henry Schirmer joined Randstad as CFO and member of the executive board in 2018. AS CFO, he leads group finance and accounting, business control, M&A, tax, treasury, business risk and audit, legal, and investor relations. He previously worked with Unilever, most recently as executive VP, finance, for Unilever Europe. From 2012 to 2016, Schirmer led the finance function for Unilever North America. Before that, from 2008 to 2012, he was VP of finance for Unilever Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He was previously a board member of the Results for Development Institute.

Aug 29, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

As chief commercial officer of Alexander Mann Solutions, Matthew Rodger is responsible for the performance of the Advanced Workforce Solutions division containing AMS’s most complex outsourcing arrangements. He is also accountable for the commercialisation of all products, services and partnerships and for corporate M&A activity. Rodger joined AMS in 2001 as sales director and has held a number of roles including COO APAC and managing director, contingent workforce solutions. He was recognised by the Association of Professional Staffing Companies for Outstanding Contribution in 2012 for championing APSCode, the RPO and MSP code of conduct. His 27-year staffing sector career started with an IT recruitment business where he became the UK sales director.

Aug 30, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, French -

Thibault Lefebvre was appointed CEO of Grafton Recruitment Group in 2015, managing strategy, performance and organisation of Grafton Recruitment’s permanent and temporary businesses across all its locations. He was previously CEO of the Grafton Recruitment brand. Prior to Grafton Recruitment Group, Thibault held key managerial roles at PageGroup, including as managing director for Eastern Europe for the Michael Page and Page Personnel brands as well as managing director at PageGroup for Russia, Switzerland and Central and Eastern Europe for nine years. He previously held key financial roles at Richemont, Gucci, Parisot Group and Valeo.

Aug 27, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Dutch -

Jacques van den Broek joined Randstad as a branch manager in 1988. Prior to joining Randstad, he held various positions at Vendex KBB. After appointments as regional director in the Netherlands and, subsequently, marketing director Europe, van den Broek joined the executive board in 2004, and was appointed CEO in 2014. He is responsible for Germany, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. In addition, he is responsible for the group’s IT, business concept development, HR, marketing and communications, and public affairs. Van den Broek studied law at Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

Aug 29, 2018

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Julia Robertson, CEO of the Impellam Group, started her recruitment career in 1979 and founded her own recruitment business, The Agency, in 1986. In 1996, Robertson assumed leadership of Tate, which she sold along with The Agency to Carlisle Staffing Services in 2000. She then held several leadership roles for brands within the Carlisle group, including SRG, Tate and Carlisle Managed Solutions. Following the merger of Carlisle Staffing Services and the Corporate Services Group in 2008, Robertson became divisional CEO of Impellam UK and was appointed group CEO of Impellam Group in 2013. From 1993 to 1996, she was chief executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants, which later merged with the Federation of Recruitment and Employment Services to form REC.

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.

Aug 29, 2018

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Swedish -

As chairman and CEO, Jonas Prising leads all aspects of ManpowerGroup’s US$21 billion business across 80 countries and territories. Prising was president from 2012 to 2014, leading the company’s operations in the Americas and Southern Europe. A recognised expert on the labour market, the impact of digitisation on skills and future world of work trends, Prising regularly speaks at conferences and summits around the world. He is actively engaged in the World Economic Forum, including as a steward of the future of education, gender and work global system; co-chair of the Regional Business Council of Europe; and CEO champion of the Digital Transformation Initiative. He received the Albert E. Suter Award for Exceptional Leadership in 2014.

Aug 30, 2018

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Frits Goldschmeding founded Uitzendbureau Amstelveen in 1960, and in 1964 renamed it Randstad, which is now the second-largest staffing firm in the world. Goldschmeding took Randstad public in 1990, and in 2008, merged it with the Dutch group Vedior. CEO until 1998 and a member of the supervisory board from 1999 until 2011, Goldschmeding remains the largest shareholder. He has a doctorate from the VU University Amsterdam and was professor at the Centre for Entrepreneurship at Nyenrode Business University. He is founder and supervisory board member of the Goldschmeding Foundation, which supports projects that respond to social issues in the field of people, work and economy.

Aug 29, 2018

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James Saoulli was appointed CEO of Rullion in 2017. Prior to his role as CEO, Saoulli was group board director of the company; before that, he held leadership roles in Rullion Solutions and Rullion Management Services. Prior to joining Rullion, he worked at General Electric. Saoulli holds an MBA from INSEAD and a master of science in economics from the University of Warwick. In 2018, Rullion ranked 14th on Staffing Industry Analysts’ list of the largest staffing firms in the UK. The company also launched a new specialist Talent Consultancy division in 2018.