SI 100 Europe - 2017, Swiss -

Bernard Zen-Ruffinen is president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, for Korn Ferry, which he joined in 2009. From 2000 to 2009, he was the Swiss managing partner for Heidrick & Struggles and European head of the board and CEO practice. Previously, he served as president and CEO of DHL/ Danzas Latin America, a company belonging to Deutsche Post World Net group. In the 1990s, he was a founding member of Precious Woods and more recently was a founder of Monarca Coffee Wood, two companies dedicated to counteracting the effect of deforestation and global warming. Zen-Ruffinen is the 2013 recipient of the AESC European Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Executive Search Profession.

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Swiss -

Award-winning entrepreneur Viktor Calabrò launched Staff Finder, an on-demand staffing platform, in 2009. The platform, now known as Coople, counts more than 250,000 users in Zurich and London. The company has 120 full-time employees and 10,000 registered clients in the UK and Switzerland. Before he launched the platform, Calabrò worked as a programmer for management tools at UBS and as a consultant for Trivadis, a Swiss IT company, where he focused on process optimisation. In 2003, he launched his first entrepreneurial endeavour, La Folie, a Zurich-based events promotions agency. He was awarded Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young in 2014. In 2016, Coople was listed in the top 10 of the Best Businesses at London Technology Week by Forbes.

SI 100 Europe - 2019, Swiss -

Viktor Calabrò launched Staff Finder, the on-demand staffing platform now known as Coople, in 2009. With 350,000 registered “Cooplers” and 18,000 registered companies, Coople operates in Switzerland and the UK. Together with the social welfare office in Bern, Switzerland, Calabrò in 2018 spearheaded an initiative to reintroduce welfare recipients and the socially disadvantaged back into the workforce through Coople’s platform. Calabrò and his team are also working with GastroGraubünden, a Swiss hospitality and gastronomy association, to build a single directory of flexible staff for the eastern region. Calabrò is the author of Flexible Workforce, which explores the challenges of the modern workplace.

SI 100 Europe - 2021, Swiss -

Viktor Calabrò is founder and executive chairman of Coople, an on-demand platform for flexible work. Calabrò actively mentors startups in Switzerland on a variety of topics as board member, advisor, coach or investor. An advocate for the Swiss startup ecosystem, his stated goal is to make flexible work a rewarding experience for workers as well as companies optimizing their flexible workforce management.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2021

SI 100 Europe - 2018, Swiss -

Bettina Schaller, a board member of the World Employment Confederation, was appointed president of the WEC Europe in December 2017. She also runs the public affairs activities of The Adecco Group, encompassing regulatory and policy issues and the group’s memberships in employers’ associations at the global and European scale. Schaller is also a member of the B20 Employment and Education Task Force; sits on the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s Employment, Labour and Social Affairs committee; supports the Global Forum on Migration and Development’s “responsible recruitment” efforts; and acts as company focal point for the Global Apprenticeship Network and the World Economic Forum.

SI 100 Europe - 2017, Swiss -

Bettina Schaller oversees the public affairs activities of The Adecco Group, encompassing regulatory and policy issues and the group’s memberships in employers’ associations at the global and European scale. She is a board member of the World Employment Confederation, VP of WEC Europe and chair of the WEC Europe Public Affairs Committee. She is a member of the B20 Employment and Education Task Force, sits on the OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee, supports the GFMD “responsible recruitment” efforts and acts as company focal point for the Global Apprenticeship Network and the World Economic Forum.

SI 100 Europe - 2022, Swiss -

Bettina Schaller heads the group public affairs activities of The Adecco Group and serves as president of the World Employment Confederation, the voice of private employment services worldwide. Active on several economic and labor-market committees, she is vicechair of the Business at OECD ELSA (Employment, Labor and Social Affairs) Committee, a member of the B20 Future of Work and Education Task Force, and a steering group member on the World Economic Forum Center for New Economy and Society. Schaller is a founding member of “The Boardroom,” a Swiss initiative launched in 2021 to drive board diversity and develop a pipeline of future female leaders.

Staffing 100 Europe | 2022