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Hans Leentjes

Hans Leentjes

Manpower Group
President, Northern Europe and Executive VP

Hans Leentjes has been president, Northern Europe and executive VP at ManpowerGroup since 2011. When he joined ManpowerGroup as manager of the Netherlands in 2005, he brought 15 years of employment services experience gained at Randstad. In 2008, he successfully finalized the acquisition of Vitae, a specialty engineering and finance firm with revenues in excess of €74 million.

Frits Goldschmeding

Frits Goldschmeding

Randstad
Founder

Frits Goldschmeding is the founder of Randstad and the former president and CEO of Randstad Holding nv. Under his leadership, Randstad grew into one of the world’s largest temporary employment organisations. In 1999, he became a member of the supervisory board of the Randstad Group. In March 2011 he stepped down, but as the major shareholder,he still keeps an eye on his company.

Patrick Tiessen

Patrick Tiessen

Nétive
CEO
Dutch

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Since co-founding VMS provider Nétive with Chris Neddermeijer in 2003, CEO Patrick Tiessen has grown the company by opening offices in Rijswijk, the Netherlands and London. The company that began with two customers now has more than 200. Before Nétive, Tiessen held key positions at The Next Flex and HR Puzzle and also worked at Kelly Services as an international IT manager. Tiessen focuses on creating the best possible software for supporting the management of contingent workforce and recruitment of permanent staff. This year, Nétive VMS BV was featured in the Best Small Workplaces 2020 list in the Netherlands.

Harld Peters

Harld Peters

ManpowerGroup
President, Northern Europe
Dutch

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Harld Peters joined ManpowerGroup in November 2019 as regional president of Northern Europe, responsible for executing the company’s strategic business plan across the region and overseeing all ManpowerGroup’s brands and offerings: Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions. Peters is passionate about enabling companies to transform and digitise in a fast-changing environment and is experienced in leading technology-driven transformation. Before ManpowerGroup, he was at UPS where he held multiple leadership positions across Europe and Asia.

Jacques van den Broek

Jacques van den Broek

Randstad
CEO & Chairman

Jacques van den Broek joined Randstad as a branch manager in 1988. Appointments followed as regional director in the Netherlands and, subsequently, as marketing director Randstad Europe. In 2002, he moved to Capac Inhouse Services as managing director, also taking on responsibility for Randstad in Denmark and Switzerland. He was appointed to the executive board in 2004 and as CEO and chairman in 2014. Van den Broek is responsible for Germany, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, and Singapore & Malaysia as well as group business concept development, HR, marketing and communications, and public affairs.

Jurriën Koops

Jurriën Koops

Dutch Federation of Employment Agencies (ABU)
Director

Jurriën Koops was appointed director of the Dutch Federation of Employment Agencies (ABU) in 2014, having joined the organisation in 2002. In addition to his work with ABU, Koops is also chairman of the Foundation for Training and Development in the Flexible Staffing Industry (STOOF) and in December 2015 joined the board of Eurociett. Prior to joining ABU, Koops worked as a policy advisor for trade union CNV, which represents the interests of workers in construction, the industrial sector, transportation, food, and services. He was also a senior consultant for business development for Dutch staffing firm Start People, a USG People company.

Chris Heutink

Chris Heutink

Randstad
Managing Director; Board member

Chris Heutink started his career at Randstad as a consultant in the Netherlands in 1991. Various management positions followed until 2004, when he was promoted to managing director of Randstad Poland. After moving back to the Netherlands in 2007, he became director of operations. In 2009, he was appointed managing director of Randstad Netherlands. Heutink is responsible for all operations in the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Switzerland and Eastern Europe (Poland, Turkey, Greece, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Hungary), as well as for global client solutions. He was appointed to the executive board in 2014.

Dinette Koolhaas

Dinette Koolhaas

Kelly Services
President, Kelly International
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Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Based in Switzerland, Dinette Koolhaas leads operations and oversees growth strategies across Europe, Russia, Mexico and Brazil as president of Kelly International, a role she assumed in July. Formerly, she was VP and managing director, EMEA. Throughout her tenure at Kelly, Koolhaas has played a crucial role in the EMEA region’s ability to deliver solid returns, developing strong teams and implementing flexible operating models that enable the region to contribute more profit to Kelly’s bottom line.

Jacques van den Broek

Jacques van den Broek

Randstad
CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board

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.

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.