French talent platform Freelance.com announced CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors Sylvestre Blavet will resign from the group with immediate effect.

Blavet has been chairman of the board of directors since 30 January 2017 and chairman and CEO since 26 January 2019.

“The board of directors would like to warmly thank Sylvestre Blavet, who, since his arrival, has profoundly transformed the Freelance.com group. Under his presidency, the turnover has experienced spectacular growth, going from €37 million to more than €1 billion. Sylvestre Blavet would like to thank all 350 employees who have made this magnificent entrepreneurial adventure possible,” the board said in a press release (translated from French).

The board has appointed Thomas de Villemeur, representing the majority shareholder, Groupe CBV Ingénierie, as chairman of the board of directors of Freelance.com and Guénaël Talvas as chief executive officer for the interim period.

Talvas is one of the founding shareholders of Inop’s, acquired by the Freelance.com Group in June 2020, and the chief of staff of the CEO since November 2021.

The nominations and remuneration committee has launched a recruitment process for the future CEO.

The board of directors of Freelance.com met on 10 December 2024 under the chairmanship of Blavet. The board announced plans for the separation of the functions of chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer, the appointment of a chairman of the board of directors and the appointment of a CEO.

Blavet was recently highlighted in SIA’s 2024 Staffing 100 Europe spotlight. Read more about his successes in his full profile: Sylvestre Blavet.