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Board Search Places Two Senior Executives in Staffing Firm


The Challenge

An Apex Leaders’ client owned an established staffing company platform and had recently added a smaller Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) company. Given the recent add on, the company wanted to find an experienced staffing operator who had experience scaling an RPO company as well as integrating multiple staffing agencies.

The Search

Apex researched and vetted former executives at leading staffing firms and zeroed in on candidates with RPO experience. Finding individuals with RPO experience with availability for a board position was challenging as most individuals tend to spend their entire career in this function, but Apex presented 9 potential candidates. The client spoke with 7 individuals and decided to place the board members below.

  • Former Global Head of Sales | Alight Solutions, a global payroll service provider for Fortune 500 companies
  • Former COO | Pontoon Solutions, a talent consulting company that is part of Adecco Group

Last Word

The client had initially requested to hire one board member, but based on the caliber of individuals provided by Apex Leaders, they decided to place two individuals that could accelerate the company’s growth in the RPO arena and efficiently help guide the integration of the two companies.