PageGroup, the UK-based staffing provider with international operations, announced in a regulatory filing that CEO Steve Ingham had an accident while skiing resulting in a severe back injury. PageGroup expects this will lead to his absence from the company for “a number of weeks.”

PageGroup's executive team will run the operations globally during Ingham's absence, led by CFO Kelvin Stagg.

Ingham joined the company in 1987 — when it was still known as Michael Page — as a consultant, and became operating director in 1990. He was appointed executive director of UK operations in 2001, became managing director of UK operations in 2005 and was appointed CEO in 2006. Ingham is included on Staffing Industry Analysts’ Staffing 100 Europe list of most influential people in the industry.

The filing stated a further announcement will be made as appropriate.