Meet the 2023 champions of change in the €230 billion European staffing market. This list, compiled by SIA, includes entrepreneurs, CEOs, reformers, lawyers and businesspeople with a wide range of skills and accomplishments who hail from a multitude of staffing markets in the region. We honour the 21 members of the Staffing 100 Europe Hall of Fame whose indelible impact is at the core of the industry’s evolution. These lists are not a ranking, but a shout-out to those who have made a difference in the world of work.
Gianni Quatera

Gianni Quatera

Gianni Quatera is CEO of During S.p.A., a €370 million Italian employment agency with subsidiaries in Poland, Ukraine, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. Quatera has been instrumental in expanding the firm, growing its branches to 90 from 15. Under Quatera’s leadership, earlier this year During S.p.A. acquired Archimede SpA recruitment provider with 31 offices(…)

Timo Lehne

Timo Lehne

Timo Lehne began his career in staffing in 2006 at SThree’s Progressive Recruitment business in Germany. Now Lehne serves as CEO for SThree. He is also a member of Apsco Germany and the World Economic Council, and he is a founding member of the German Freelance Association. In 2022, Lehne led SThree to a record(…)

Hannah Haigh

Hannah Haigh

Chief Executive Officer Hannah Haigh started her staffing and recruitment career in 2005 and founded Meet Recruitment, a life sciences staffing provider, in 2009. Haigh leads strategic change that has helped navigate big changes in the industry from 2022 to 2023 whilst delivering a value-creation plan for all stakeholders. Meet Recruitment is a founding member(…)

Viktor Calabrò

Viktor Calabrò

Viktor Calabrò founded Coople Holding AG in 2009 to enhance staffing processes for finding flexible workers. Today, Coople employs a team of 180 in offices across Europe and has a user base of more than 30,000 clients and 950,000 flexible workers. Calabrò is immensely proud of Coople’s ability to sail through unpredictable market challenges and(…)

Simon Coton

Simon Coton

Simon Coton has led NES Fircroft to reach new heights since his progression to COO in 2008. He has helped drive investments NESF is making in learning and development to attract and retain the best talent, delivering a brighter tomorrow for all. As COO, Coton has expanded NESF to over 80 locations worldwide and diversified(…)

Myra Fischer-Rosinger

Myra Fischer-Rosinger

Myra Fischer-Rosinger’s career in staffing began in 2006 when swissstaffing had just three employees. Today, as director of the Swiss association of staffing agencies, Fischer-Rosinger’s contribution has helped grow the organisation to 30 employees. This year, she was responsible for establishing new quality standards and tools for the staffing industry in the fields of occupational(…)