SI 100 Europe - 2021, French -

Appointed president of The Adecco Group in January 2021, Christophe Catoir is responsible for Adecco’s business globally, overseeing the group’s workforce solutions operations (general staffing). He is also a member of the group’s executive committee. Catoir was elected to the board of the Global Apprenticeship Network in April 2021; he served as president of GAN in France from 2017 to the end of 2020. Prior to his current role, Catoir was regional head of France and Northern Europe and has held a number of leadership roles across France.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2022, French -

Jean-Philippe Papin is general director of France-based Actual Leader Group, established in November 2018 after the merger of temporary employment firms Groupe Actual and Leader Intérim. He had been CEO of the latter, which he founded in 1992. The combined group is now the seventh-largest staffing firm in France. Earlier this year, the group acquired France-based HR services firm Ressources RH Group. Also this year, Flexfamily, owned by Actual Leader Group, acquired Evolon, a Dutch-based training provider. Actual Leader has 2,300 internal and 135,000 temporary workers in a network of more than 470 agencies in Europe.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2018, French -

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier was appointed general manager of Prism’emploi, the French association of employment agencies, in May 2018. Prior to Prism’emploi, she was deputy director general strategy and social innovation for Lee Hecht Harrison-Altedia. Eynaud-Chevalier began her career with the Ministry of Labour and Employment in 1991. She then joined the human resources department of the Ministry of Culture and Communication. Throughout her more than 20 years’ work within the French government, she held various positions in the fields of employment, vocational training and human resources management.

SI 100 Europe - 2020, French -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

Samuel Tual in January 2019 became president of France-based temporary employment firm Actual Leader Group, which was established in 2018 after the merger of two temporary employment firms: Groupe Actual and Leader Intérim. Tual had been president of Groupe Actual, a privately held staffing firm in the French market that he co-founded with his father in 2001 when they merged their respective staffing firms. Actual Leader Group in July 2019 acquired a majority stake of Dutch HR services firm Flexfactory (later rebranded Flexfamily). In October 2019, Tual was elected president of MEDEF Pays de la Loire; he was formerly president of MEDEF Mayenne.

SI 100 Europe - 2018, French -

Jean-Philippe Papin is founder and CEO of the French staffing firm Leader Intérim. The company was founded in 1992 and has seen double-digit annual growth since its inception. Leader Intérim is among the top 10 staffing firms in France, providing temporary workers, permanent recruitment services and training. The company entered the Swiss market in 2014 with the acquisition of Max Studer Intérim. Leader Intérim also has operations in Luxembourg and Portugal. In 2017, Leader Intérim reported €430 million in sales.

SI 100 Europe - 2017, French -

François Béharel was appointed to Randstad’s executive board in 2013. He is now responsible for France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium & Luxembourg, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, and Uruguay. It started when he joined Vedior in 1999 as a regional manager. Following various promotions, he became CEO of Vedior France in May 2007. Following Vedior’s acquisition by Randstad, he was appointed president and CEO of the newly combined Randstad Groupe France in 2008 and played a key role in the integration of its businesses.

SI 100 Europe - 2022, French -

Last year, Victorien Vaney became CEO and chairman of the management board at Synergie, a Paris-based staffing firm that ranks as the 18th-largest in the world. The company operates in 17 countries and has 770 branches. He became a member of the company’s supervisory board in 2020. In 2021, Synergie increased its stake in DCS Easyware, a digital services company based in Lyon, France, to 100% from 66%. DCS operates in France, Belgium and Spain. In 2019, Synergie acquired Australia-based staffing firm Entire Recruitment; acquired Pamplona, Spain-based Tigloo (it had acquired a majority stake in 2018); and set up business in China.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2022, French -

Manuel Roger is managing director for Beeline, leading business and product strategy across Europe and APAC. A member of Beeline’s global executive committee with over two decades of staffing industry experience, Roger’s global expertise has led to Beeline’s tremendous growth of market share and product offerings outside the US. In 2021, Roger’s teams recorded over 20% increase in contingent workforce spend under management from its growing customer base. With the acquisition of JoinedUp to source and manage shift-based workers and the launch of the Beeline extended workforce platform, Roger introduced the next generation of contingent workforce management technology to global markets.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

SI 100 Europe - 2018, French -

Regional head of France and member of the executive committee since 2015, Christophe Catoir joined Groupe Adecco France as internal auditor in 1995. He then held positions as finance manager and regional manager until 2005, when he was appointed head of permanent placement activities in France; he joined the Groupe Adecco France management team in 2007. In 2009, Catoir was appointed managing director of Adecco South-East France, and in 2012, he became managing director for Professional Staffing Groupe Adecco France. He graduated from the IESEG School of Management, France.

SI 100 Europe - 2015, French -

Daniel Augereau is chairman and CEO of Synergie, the sixth-largest staffing firm in France. He trained as a technical blue collar worker in the aeronautic industry and soon founded his first staffing firm, Europe Technique Assistance, in 1969. Ten years later, the company merged with another staffing firm, Sydergie, resulting in the launch of the Synergie brand.The group largely outperformed the rest of the French market in 2014 while raising the proportion of revenue derived internationally to a record 50%.