SI 100 Europe - 2021, French -

Paul Jacquin is managing partner of the Randstad Innovation Fund bv and founding partner of Amsterdam-based venture capital fund Taptrove Ventures bv. The Randstad Innovation Fund operates as the corporate venture arm of Randstad nv. It makes four to five multistage investments per year, with a focus in online platforms, big data analytics, machine learning, sourcing, screening and selection tools. Jacquin’s expertise is capturing emerging technology trends as a way to build new or transform existing business models. He has over 20 years’ experience investing in, developing and driving startups.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2017, French -

Thibault Lefebvre is CEO of Grafton Recruitment Group, managing operations performance and organisation of the Grafton Recruitment staffing and SpenglerFox executive search brands. He is a senior executive with many years’ experience in the general management of midsize to large organisations in finance and in business operations.

Lefebvre has a strong commitment to entrepreneurship and maximizing profit growth, along with expertise in private equity and executive and nonexecutive board functions. Prior to Grafton Recruitment Group, Lefebvre served for nine years as managing director at Page Group for Russia, Switzerland and Central and Eastern Europe. He previously held key financial roles at Richmond, Gucci, Parisot Group and Valeo.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, French -

Christian Roulleau is the founder and CEO of the French facility management group Samsic, which provides staffing services with the SamsicEmploi brand. SamsicEmploi features among the top 10 largest staffing firms in France, and is one of the largest privately owned firms in the market. Roulleau previously held a wide range of positions within the GSF group operating in the cleaning services industry, and founded Samsic in 1986.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, French -

Roland Gomez is the managing director of the French staffing group Proman, which was founded in 1990. Proman is the seventh-largest staffing firm in France and the largest privately held staffing firm operating in the French market. Prior to this, Gomez trained as an industrial steelworker, and later worked as a branch manager for an engineering services firm.

SI 100 Europe - 2017, French -

Étienne Colella is CEO of PIXID, a VMS provider headquartered in France, which he founded in 2004. The firm offers an SAAS application compliant with the French regulation for providing and using temporary staff. In 2015, private equity fund Keensight Capital took a majority stake in the company to help it become a leading VMS in the European market. PIXID bought Internet Corp. in January 2017 to start deploying its services to the UK market. Previously, Colella spent 14 years in the IT industry in various senior positions. Colella graduated from ESSEC Business School in Paris.

SI 100 Europe - 2019, French -

Sylvestre Blavet assumed the role of chairman of the board of French online staffing group Freelance.com in January 2019 and was appointed as interim CEO, a role he held until mid-2019. He is also chairman of Paris-based CBV Ingénierie Group, the largest shareholder of Freelance.com. Leadership comes naturally to Blavet, having previously been president of human resources companies such as Petrolis, AD’missions portage salarial and Gpc S.A. Freelance.com, which reported €187 million in sales in 2018, aims to exceed €220 million in sales this year and surpass €500 million within five years.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, French -

François Roux has been general manager of the French national staffing association (Prism’emploi) since 2001. In this role, he represents the interests of the staffing industry, lobbying government and negotiating with social partners and French institutions. In 2013, Roux led the talks with trade unions that resulted in the creation of a form of indefinite duration contract for temporary agency workers.

SI 100 Europe - 2018, French -

Daniel Augereau is chairman and CEO of Synergie, the sixth-largest staffing firm in France. In 2017, the group reported revenue of €2.3 billion with international operations representing more than 50% of Synergie’s revenue during the year. Augereau trained as a technical blue-collar worker in the aeronautic industry and soon after founded his first staffing firm, Europe Technique Assistance, in 1969. After merging with another staffing firm 10 years later, the company rebranded as Synergie. It has continued to expand throughout Europe, including with the acquisition of HR firm Völker in Austria. Its Acorn subsidiary is at the core of the group’s expansion strategy in the UK and Australia.