SI 100 Europe - 2017, British -

Managing director of Europe and Asia Pacific and a member of the Cielo Global executive team, Seb O’Connell challenges accepted norms of RPO and plays a key role in shaping the strategic direction of this global RPO leader. He is passionate about truly understanding the root of the talent acquisition challenges and ambitions of his clients, and his analytical approach has resulted in his status as Cielo’s global executive team sponsor of total talent acquisition. O’Connell’s enthusiasm for rapid and robust transformational change is seen within his organisation as under his leadership Cielo has opened additional offices in Budapest, Singapore, Manchester and Manila in the last two years. Working with his colleagues across the globe, O’Connell ensures analytics and technology are at the core of Cielo’s innovative operating model. O’Connell is frequently quoted in the media and is a highly regarded speaker at conferences and seminars.

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

A USA-qualified chartered accountant, Paul Venables started his career at Deloitte & Touche, where he was a senior manager in its USA practice. This was followed by a 13-year career at Exel plc, where he held a number of senior finance and operational roles, including deputy group finance director, and was a member of the executive board of Exel plc and chairman of its Acquisitions and Project Review Board. Following the acquisition of Exel plc by Deutsche Post, Venables worked in its DHL Logistics division before joining Hays plc. Venables was also senior independent nonexecutive director of Wincanton plc. until July 2015.

SI 100 Europe - 2018, British -

Johnathan Johnson is CEO of Fircroft, which was founded by his father, John Johnson. He joined in 1997 as a consultant and was promoted to operations director for the international oil and gas sector in 2001. Since taking the helm in 2005, he has overseen the global expansion of the company, taking advantage of the globalisation in the oil and gas industry. As CEO, Johnson has made sure that the company’s service offering has developed to meet the needs of its growing client base.

SI 100 Europe - 2015, British -

Simon Wassall has been with Harvey Nash for more than 20 years and joined the board in 2005.As European managing director, he is responsible for the UK and European Professional 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.

SI 100 Europe - 2021, British -

NHS Professionals CEO Nicola McQueen has spent the past 20 years creating effective staffing strategies across the private and public sectors. Last year, she led NHS Professionals’ pandemic resourcing response. The organisation built three national recruitment programmes to support the NHS while also launching a Rapid Response campaign, all of which delivered 20,000 workers to the frontline, supplied 10,000 Clinical Contact Caseworkers for the NHS Test and Trace programme and most recently provided over 17,000 vaccinators to NHS Trusts in England.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Impellam Group CEO Julia Robertson has worked in staffing for her entire career and has enjoyed both entrepreneurial and corporate success. She founded her own recruitment company in 1986 and later joined Tate as managing director, where she developed her craft, subsequently selling both businesses to Carlisle Staffing Services, now the Impellam Group. Robertson became CEO of Impellam’s UK staffing and managed services businesses after the 2008 merger and was appointed group CEO in April 2013. She formerly served as CEO of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now known as the REC), the professional body for the UK recruitment industry.

SI 100 Europe - 2022, British -

Since joining the Harvey Nash Group nearly three years ago, CEO Bev White has focused on growing the business beyond standard recruitment services. Today, the group offers technology solutions as much as talent solutions, leading to a name change from Harvey Nash Group to Nash Squared. White’s next goals are to build the Nash Squared brand, gain market share and keep the group’s growth momentum. White is also a board member and strategy board member of French company SQLI, an advisor to the board of Career Star Group, and a member of the Skills and Inclusion Working Group of HM Government’s Professional and Business Services Council.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2020, British -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

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.

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.