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.

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

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.

SI 100 Europe - 2022, British -

Frances Lewis is a senior lawyer with international law firm Osborne Clarke LLP and leads its workforce solutions sector team. She has been advising staffing businesses since 1997, including some of the first UK MSP and RPO deals in the early 2000s. Lewis advises on commercial, regulatory and workplace tax aspects of engaging and supplying contingent workforces in the UK and internationally. Her recent work includes helping staffing supply chains reduce tax risk; setting up hire, train and deploy models; working with talent platforms to address regulatory and payment services risk; and helping staffing companies and consultancies operate on a statement-of-work basis.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2021, British -

Stephen Trigg is CEO of Hertfordshire, England-based staffing firm Quanta Consultancy Services, which he founded in 1992. The company has won several awards including the Queen’s Award for Enterprise – International Trade in 2016 and the Princess Royal Training Award in 2018, which honours employers whose training and skills development programmes have resulted in exceptional commercial benefits. Trigg has been leading his team safely through the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and has created business opportunities internationally, including in the US. Trigg also supports five local charities through multiple fundraising events. His recruitment career began in 1974 when he founded several companies before founding Quanta.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2022, British -

As Airswift’s chief operations director and senior VP of EMEA and CIS, James Allen oversees the development and management of global operations, business process improvement, quality assurance, safety, HR and the project management office.

In 2021, Allen led the merger and integration programme between Airswift and Competentia, which concluded six months ahead of schedule and delivered 10% more on synergies than the initial forecast. Under his leadership, the company’s EMEA and CIS region grew by 42% in the ­ rst quarter. After more than two decades with the company, Allen continues to thrive on the opportunities and challenges Airswift brings each day.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Albert Ellis is CEO of the Harvey Nash Group, which had revenue of nearly £700 million in its most recent fiscal year. Ellis was originally appointed to the board in 2000 as chief financial officer and then CEO in 2005. In 1998 he joined Harvey Nash from Hays plc. Prior to that he worked in the accounting and auditing profession after qualifying as a chartered accountant. He is also on the board of Asia House and is an advisor at London City University’s Cass Business School masters in information leadership course.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, British -

Ann Swain is chief executive officer of the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) and, before that, its predecessor, ATSCo. In 1988, she founded Learning Curve, a specialist recruitment training company that was acquired by the Delphi Group in 1997. With more than 30 years’ experience in the recruitment sector, Swain is an authority in the industry, an international speaker, and a passionate advocate for the U.K. staffing sector. She is also the author of the Professional Recruiter’s Handbook.

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

Phil Sheridan is senior managing director, UK, Middle East and South America, at Robert Half International. Sheridan trained with Ernst & Young before joining Robert Half in 1996, where he focused on accounting and finance recruitment, progressing to regional director in 2000 and managing director in 2005. In 2018, he was also appointed as managing director of Protiviti, a subsidiary of Robert Half. His background in finance has been instrumental in developing and executing strategy, helping the business successfully navigate the challenges of recent years.

SI 100 Europe - 2016, British -

Nicola McQueen has worked in the recruitment industry for 18 years, joining Capita as a recruitment consultant in 1999. By 2010 she was appointed as managing director of Capita Resourcing and has significantly grown the business, launching new services internationally and integrating strategic acquisitions to enhance the existing proposition. In 2016, McQueen was appointed as executive director of the workplace services division, which includes all HR and recruitment businesses and responsibility for the Recruiting Partnering Project, Capita’s partnership with the Ministry of Defense to recruit into the British Army. At 36, McQueen is also the youngest person to be appointed to Capita’s executive management board.