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.
Farida Gibbs

Farida Gibbs

Beginning her career in staffing solutions in 1999, Farida Gibbs in 2005 founded Gibbs Hybrid Ltd., which she leads as CEO. This past year, Gibbs led the merger of Gibbs Hybrid, which is MSDUK-certified as a minority woman-owned business, with New York-based Atrium, amplifying each company’s ability to deliver customised, customer-centric workforce solutions. A champion(…)

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(…)

Zoë Morris

Zoë Morris

As president of Frank Recruitment Group, a firm with seven brands related to digital and IT services, Zoë Morris leads sales operations and oversees staff onboarding and training for more than 1,500 employees worldwide. Morris champions employee success through meaningful recognition, regular employee engagement surveys and visiting offices to connect with teams in person. Always(…)

Tim Cook

Tim Cook

For Tim Cook, group CEO of nGage Talent, passion for enabling talent is at the heart of what drives his success. Cook led nGage Talent to achieve 20% growth in both net fee income and EBITDA in the financial year to March 2023. The company’s managed service business’ net fee income grew by 45% year(…)

Kelvin Stagg

Kelvin Stagg

Kelvin Stagg got his start in staffing at PageGroup in 2006 as a group financial controller and company secretary and became CFO in 2013. Stagg has spent the last several months helping facilitate the company’s CEO transition while also picking up the responsibility for business technology alongside the finance and legal departments.. As Stagg continues(…)

Philippe Gobinet

Philippe Gobinet

President and CEO Philippe Gobinet has led Partnaire Group, France’s oldest temporary employment firm, since 1987. The organization was founded in 1952. With revenue of more than €550 million, Partnaire Group has 4,961 permanent staff at 180 offices placing 68,500 temporary workers with more than 5,400 clients throughout France. Gobinet has been awarded the Chevalier(…)