Staffing 100 Europe
The Staffing 100 Europe list recognizes those European staffing leaders whose significant accomplishments and vision are shaping the world of work.
Sir Alec Reed CBE
Honoree profile
Class of 2020
Sir Alec Reed CBE in 1960 founded Reed, the largest family-run recruitment business in the world. In 1972, he founded Reed Business School, a residential training centre for accountants and the only business school to specialise in recruitment. In 1995, he and his son James founded UK job board reed.co.uk and in 1998 created Reed in Partnership, which has helped more than 150,000 unemployed people into work. Sir Reed has set up a number of charities including The Big Give, which has raised over £125 million for worthy causes, Reed Foundation, Womankind and Ethiopiaid. He has written several books and was knighted in 2011 for his service to business and charity.