French

Étienne Colella

Étienne Colella

Pixid Group
CEO
French

Étienne Colella is CEO of Pixid Group, a European SaaS platform dedicated to helping recruiting and staffing agencies around Europe digitalise their relationships with their customers to create loyalty and efficiency. Founded by Adecco, Randstad and ManpowerGroup in 2004 with Collela as founding director, Pixid offers both a vendor management system and an applicant tracking system, primarily used to source candidates. Colella led a management buyout of Pixid in 2015. In 2020, Pixid launched Pixid VMS, the first VMS platform dedicated to master vendor programmes for small and midsize businesses, guaranteeing a simple and effective rollout.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Yvon Drouet

Yvon Drouet

Synergie
Deputy GM and CFO
French

As deputy general manager and CFO, Yvon Drouet oversees finance and investment at global staffing firm Synergie and plays a key role in the group’s expansion efforts. Paris-based Synergie ranks as the sixth-largest staffing firm in France. It also ranks as the 18th-largest in the world, operating in 17 countries with 770 branches. 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.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Denis Pennel

Denis Pennel

World Employment Confederation
Managing Director
French

Staffing 100 Europe | Hall of Fame |  2020

Managing director of the World Employment Confederation since 2005, Denis Pennel promotes the interests of the staffing industry at the global level. The WEC comprises 49 national federations and six global workforce solutions companies. Under his leadership, the WEC announced in June it would lead the “Safely Back to Work” alliance launched by Randstad, The Adecco Group and ManpowerGroup. A work futurist, he is a keynote speaker and has written many opinion pieces and several books, including The Ego Revolution at Work (2015) and Travail, la soif de liberte, which translates to Work, the thirst for freedom (2017). Prior to the WEC, he was corporate communications director for Manpower France from 1998 to 2005.

Roland Gomez

Roland Gomez

Proman
CEO

Roland Gomez heads Proman, the French staffing group founded by his parents in 1990. Gomez has worked with the business since its inception and was appointed CEO in 2003. Since 2013, Proman has expanded its international presence through organic growth and acquisitions in different countries: UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and more recently across the Atlantic in Canada and the United States

Daniel Augereau

Daniel Augereau

Synergie
CEO

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, Synergie, resulting in the launch of the Synergie brand. In 2015 the group further developed the international business resulting in double-digit revenue growth rates in Belgium, Italy and Spain.

Yvon Drouet

Yvon Drouet

Synergie
Deputy General Manager and CFO

Yvon Drouet is the deputy general manager and CFO of Synergie, the sixth-largest staffing firm in France and one of the largest staffing firms in Europe. Publicly listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, the company is expanding rapidly outside its home market. Drouet oversees group finance and investments and plays a key role in Synergie’s international expansion. Spain, Italy and Belgium have become key markets for the group, accounting collectively for more than 30% of revenue in 2016. The Acorn subsidiary is at the core of the group’s expansion strategy in the UK and Australia. In 2017, international operations represented more than 50% of Synergie’s revenue.

Victorien Vaney

Victorien Vaney

Synergie
Chairman and CEO
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

Alexandre Pham

Alexandre Pham

Mistertemp’ group
President
French

Alexandre Pham is president of Mistertemp’ group, a digital staffing provider in France. Under Pham’s leadership, the company registered 1.6 million candidates on its platform and last year launched Mybonus, a fidelity programme designed for rewarding workers. Pham is also closely involved in the company’s partnership with Proxite, an association dedicated to empowering vulnerable young people by providing employment opportunities. As the first staffing agency in France to buy a parcel on Sandbox, a decentralised, community-driven platform in the metaverse, Mistertemp’ group has opened new doors of possibilities to attract, retain and select the right talent.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier

Isabelle Eynaud-Chevalier

Prism'emploi
General Manager

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.

François Roux

François Roux

Prism’emploi
General Manager

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.