SI 100 Europe - 2014, French -

Alain Roumilhac is ManpowerGroup’s president of Southern Europe, the largest region for the business in terms of revenue. Previously, he served as president of Experis and ManpowerGroup Solutions in France as well as segment leader for Experis Southern Europe. Before he joined ManpowerGroup, Roumilhac was CEO of the French IT Management services firm Osiatis, and previously spent 20 years in various positions in IBM, the latest being vice president of business lines, IBM Global Services West Region.

SI 100 Europe - 2015, French -

Jean-Marc Brun is the CEO of the French staffing group Adequat, a family-run company he founded in 1987. He has grown the business to rank among the 10 largest staffing firms in France. In the past ten 10, years the company’s revenue increase by a staggering average compound annual rate of 17%. In 1999, Brun founded the Domitis network, an innovative structure that enables member staffing companies to provide services nationwide to large accounts.

SI 100 Europe - 2016, French -

Jean-François Denoy has held various positions during his career with Manpower, alternating operational management responsibilities with HR positions. He returned to the HR organisation in 2000 to take charge of the training department, then of career management and HR development. Serving as HR director from 2006 to 2010, Denoy was appointed HR & services managing director of ManpowerGroup France in 2011, and became managing director in 2012. Denoy holds master’s degrees in administrative & strategic management and human resources.

SI 100 Europe - 2014, French -

Claude Guedj has been chairman and CEO of GroupeCrit since 2002. He founded the company in 1962 and was firstappointed to the board in 1969. Under Guedj’s management, GroupeCrit rose to be among the five largest staffing firms in France and top 25 globally.

SI 100 Europe - 2019, French -

Thierry Geffroy took the reins of France-based Samsic RH in January 2019 as chairman and CEO. During his tenure at Samsic RH, he oversaw the growth of Samsic into a major player in employment within France and has set his sights to expand further. In April 2019, Samsic acquired a majority stake in recruitment services firm Sellick Partnership. That same year, Samsic made two acquisitions in Ireland and Morocco, its first expansion into the African continent. Geffroy first joined the group in 1992 and in 2010 he became president of Samsic RH, the group’s human resources company.

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 - 2020, French -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

As general director, Roland Gomez runs Proman, one of the largest European players in the temporary employment market with turnover of €2.73 billion. Gomez joined the family group in 1993 and held several positions before becoming CEO in 2003. Over the last year, Proman acquired Paris-based Akuit and Epos in Spain; launched Flexeo, an open-ended contract that enables employees to secure their career while offering companies solutions in HR management; and acquired Belgian HR firm Agilitas Group, its largest acquisition to date.

SI 100 Europe - 2017, French -

As CEO of Upwork, Stephane Kasriel drives the company’s vision of connecting businesses with talent faster than ever. The third-largest company by human cloud spend, Upwork boasts more than 5 million company clients and 12 million freelancers. Kasriel first joined the company as a result of the merger with oDesk in 2012, and was responsible for building and leading the company’s global engineering team as senior VP of engineering. Kasriel also co-chairs the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Education, Gender and Work.

SI 100 Europe - 2020, French -

Staffing 100 Europe | 2020

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 and was the 11th-largest staffing firm in France. Pursuing international development and moving toward its objective of 20% turnover abroad while strengthening its positioning on the European continent, Actual Leader Group in July 2019 acquired a majority stake of Dutch HR services firm Flexfactory (renamed Flexfamily in June 2020), and saw €500 million in 2019 revenue.

SI 100 Europe - 2017, French -

Christophe Catoir is the regional head of France for Adecco, and has been a member of the executive committee since September 2015. He joined Groupe Adecco France as internal auditor in 1995, immediately after his studies at the IESEG School of Management. In 2012, he was appointed managing director for Professional Staffing Groupe Adecco France. Between 1995 and 2005, Catoir held positions as finance manager and regional manager. In 2005, he was appointed head of permanent placement activities in France and became a member of the Groupe Adecco France management team in 2007. Catoir was appointed managing director of Adecco South-East France in 2009.