HeadFirst and Impellam groups join forces
HeadFirst Group and Impellam Group have joined forces to become one of the world’s leading STEM talent and managed service providers.
With what they are calling “a distinctive HR tech platform for professionals”, the expanded group has €8bn (£6.87bn) spend under management, 2,100 expert colleagues and more than 75,000 professionals serving customers across the globe.
The deal has created an unparalleled force in digital, IT, data, life sciences, clinical and engineering talent, and leaves the expanded group well-placed to drive growth and to deliver increased value for colleagues, customers, professionals, suppliers and shareholders.
Leading the future growth agenda, the board of the new group includes: Han Kolff (chairman of the HeadFirst board), non-executive chairman; Julia Robertson (CEO Impellam), group CEO; Tim Briant (CFO Impellam), group CFO; Marion van Happen, CEO, HeadFirst Group; as well as non-executive directors and co-founders of HeadFirst, Koen Bekkering and Boyd Sleeman.
There will be no immediate changes to the day-to-day operations of Impellam Group and HeadFirst Group, the announcement said.
Following the completion of the transaction, Lord Ashcroft, the former majority shareholder of Impellam Group, will serve as non-executive director on the board.
HeadFirst Group is an international HR-tech service provider and a platform for professionals in the Benelux, operating across 15 European countries with more than 25,000 professionals. The organisation offers a range of HR solutions, such as MSP, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), IT sourcing & recruitment, and HR consultancy.
The main brands of HeadFirst Group are MSP (including intermediary services) labels HeadFirst, Between Staffing Group and Staffing Management Services; RPO and recruitment specialist Sterksen; IT talent sourcer StarApple; and Belgian HR-tech company ProUnity.
Impellam is a connected group providing global workforce and STEM talent solutions with 1,700 people and well-known brands working across a broad spectrum of industries and job categories throughout North America, the UK and Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
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