2020

Oct 17, 2020

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In addition to her role as Randstad’s managing director, global public affairs, Annemarie Muntz until September was president of the World Employment Confederation, the voice of the employment industry at the global level. She has dedicated her professional life to broadening the recognition of the positive economic and social role that the HR services industry plays. Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Muntz is particularly proud of this year’s launch of the “Safely Back to Work” initiative, an alliance spearheaded by Randstad NV, The Adecco Group and ManpowerGroup to enable companies and workers to return to work safely.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Andreu Cruañas is president of Asempleo, the association of private employment agencies in Spain, whose member firms account for 21% of the temporary contracts in the country with 780,000 unique candidates and a turnover of €5.5 billion. The association participates on the board of the Business Confederation of Spain and partnered with the World Employment Confederation to present the Ibero-American Strategic Dialogue. This presentation involved analysing the labour market and exchanging experiences and good practices, while looking for synergies that help to develop social innovation as a key factor for the future of employment. Cruañas’ proudest accomplishment was Asempleo’s development and approval of a new Code of Ethics and Good Practices for the sector.

Oct 17, 2020

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Sergio Picarelli is The Adecco Group’s regional head of North America, UK and Ireland Professional Staffing and is responsible for global oversight of Lee Hecht Harrison, General Assembly, Badenoch+Clark, Spring Professional and Pontoon. He has been a member of its executive committee since 2009. Picarelli first joined Adecco in 1993, holding several leadership positions before becoming country manager of Adecco Italy and Switzerland from 2005 to 2009 (Switzerland until the end of 2008). He was the group’s chief sales officer from 2009 to September 2015, when he became regional head of Italy, Eastern Europe and Middle East and North Africa.

Oct 20, 2020

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Alexander Mann Solutions’ chief growth and commercial officer since 2017, Matthew Rodger has 29 years’ experience in staffing and outsourcing. He has been with the London-based RPO and MSP provider for nearly 20 years. Rodger wears many hats, including overseeing the commercialisation of AMS’ products and services, new logo development, significant business development of existing customers and managing all corporate mergers and acquisitions. In 2019, he led AMS to the successful acquisition of Karen AI, its first foray into proprietary direct-to-market technology now called Hourly.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

CEO of Randstad Germany since 2018, Richard Jager in January took on the additional role of CEO Randstad Group DACH. Randstad now has an active role in Germany’s Federal Employers’ Association of Personnel Service Providers and the German Association of Employers as well as in the lobbying circuit in political Berlin. Randstad Germany is the country’s leading personnel service provider with 2019 sales volume of nearly €2.1 billion; under Jager’s leadership it has gained market share for two years in a row in a heavy downturn market. Jager takes every opportunity to improve the image of the staffing industry in Germany.

Oct 20, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

As managing director for Beeline Europe, Manuel Roger ensures that customers and partners in this market consistently receive Beeline’s white glove” service and manages the entirety of Beeline’s end-to-end services. Roger has been in the HR and staffing industry for over two decades, gaining experience in a variety of roles while living and working in five different countries. Of his accolades, Beeline’s rapid and client-focused response to the Covid-19 pandemic is this year’s most satisfying. Working with clients to find and implement original solutions, Roger says hearing their appreciation is the proudest achievement he could name.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Even Hagelien has been director, staffing industry, for the Norwegian Federation of Service Industries and Retail Trade, or NHO, since 2007. In that time, he has also represented Norway at the private employment industries, international bodies’ Ciett and later at the World Employment Confederation when it rebranded from Ciett. In 2011, Hagelien co-founded the Nordic Network, where Nordic staffing federations discuss common matters. In 2015, he became chair of the Eurociett Research Committee and later the WEC Economic Affairs Committee. In 2019, he was elected as a member of the global board of the World Employment Confederation.

Oct 17, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Elite Leaders Chairman John O’Sullivan has worked in senior leadership roles within some of the top global recruitment firms in the market. In 1996 he founded Best International Group, based in London, which grew to £130 million in revenue in 18 months and was then sold to Spring Group in 2003. He now serves as non-executive director, strategic advisor and chairman for various recruitment firms. He specialises in achieving rapid and sustainable growth, both organic and by acquisition. In 2008, O’Sullivan bought the Elite Leaders Group, a peer-to-peer learning and personal development forum for the owners and directors of independent recruitment companies.

Oct 31, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

James Saoulli is CEO of Rullion, a UK-based €446 million recruitment company. Founded in 1978, Rullion helps UK businesses and public-sector organisations recruit people for specialist permanent and temporary roles. Before taking the role of CEO in 2017, Saoulli held leadership roles in Rullion Management Services and Rullion Solutions. Under Saoulli’s leadership, the company has launched several programmes aimed at modernisation and business growth. In 2019, Rullion introduced its remote working policy for all employees and since then employees across the business have been taking advantage of it.

Oct 15, 2020

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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Simon Blockley is CEO of Guidant Global, one of the staffing industry’s dynamic, forward-thinking recruitment outsourcing businesses. Blockley became CEO in January 2019, following the merger of Guidant Group in the UK and Bartech in the US, and leads the company’s vision to champion a better, more forward-thinking approach for the world of work. As Guidant was built on the mantra “People-Lead- Growth,” Blockley’s strategy has helped establish Guidant Global as the employer of choice within the staffing industry. In 2020, the company ranked 25th on The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies list — the highest ranking across all staffing industry businesses.