A certified public accountant in Japan, the US and Canada, Kana Odawara was appointed CFO and director, management division of Adecco Japan, in April 2015. Odawara has worked in senior finance roles for several large companies in both the US and Japan, including PwC, ING Direct Japan, medical technology company Stryker Japan, and most recently [...]
Laurence Pottier-Caudron is the founder and president of franchise-only staffing group Temporis, which is the largest staffing company of its kind in France. Since opening in 2000, the company has established a network of more than 100 offices across France. Pottier-Caudron started her recruitment career with Adecco as a director for the Midi-Pyrenees region in [...]
Kelly Quirk became CEO of Australia-based Harrier Human Capital in 2012, having previously held directorships in Europe with Hays, Randstad and Robert Walters. With extensive experience across four continents, Quirk is recognized as an authority on cross-border resourcing and outsourcing solutions in emerging markets. Quirk was listed among Western Australia’s 40Under40 2015, which recognizes leading [...]
Nerissa Reyes is president of Avanti People Partnership International, which was established in 1995 to facilitate cross-cultural recruitment throughout Asia. Reyes is also a member-owner of global recruitment network NPAworldwide (National Personnel Association), of which Reyes was appointed incoming chairperson in 2015. Reyes served as Asia director of NPA between 2008 and 2011 and secretary-treasurer [...]
Helena Ribeiro is founder and CEO of Brazil-based Empreza Group, which comprises six companies focused on the fields of HR, business process management, temporary management and outsourced services. The group has grown organically and is recognized as one of the largest national players of its type. Ribeiro also chairs the Strategic Committee Business Affairs Committee, [...]
Julia Robertson’s recruitment career started in 1979 and took off when she founded her own recruitment business, The Agency, in 1986. In 1996, she took the helm of another recruitment firm, Tate, which she sold alongside The Agency in 2000 to Carlisle Staffing Services. Robertson then held several managing director roles within the Carlisle group. [...]
Temporary staffing pioneer Yushiko Shinohara started Tempstaff from her apartment in 1973 at the age of 38. Having first encountered temporary staffing while working in Australia, Shinohara returned to Japan to launch her company, teaching English in the evenings to pay her rent. Temp Holdings has since grown to more than 400 domestic and 43 [...]
Natalia Shuman is senior VP and general manager, EMEA and APAC regions, for Kelly Services. Shuman joined Kelly in 1997 and launched the company’s recruitment business in the Moscow market. She has taken responsibility for managing Kelly’s largest and most complex customer programs across the US, Europe and Asia and led strategic cross-divisional projects with [...]
Margriet Spijker is general manager of private Dutch staffing firm Timing, a part of the ADG services group. According to research from Staffing Industry Analysts, Timing is the sixth-largest staffing firm in the Netherlands. She joined the company as a consultant in 1988 and held various management positions, including deputy manager, before being appointed general [...]
Ann Swain has been the chief executive of APSCo since 1999, establishing it as the only trade body dedicated to supporting the needs of recruitment firms operating in professional staffing sectors in the UK. APSCo has a reputation for innovation and leadership, and now has a global footprint with separate international businesses in Germany and [...]
