HeadFirst Group and Impellam Group have announced a partnership to become a world-leading STEM talent and Managed Service Provider with a unique HRTech platform for professionals. The expanded group manages €8 billion in spending, has 2,100 specialist colleagues, and employs over 75,000 professionals who serve customers worldwide.
This strategic step offers customers a one-of-a-kind global digital and people solution to help them stay ahead of the competition. The deal creates an unparalleled force in digital, IT, data, life sciences, clinical and engineering talent. It leaves the expanded group well-placed to drive market-beating growth and deliver increased value for colleagues, customers, professionals, suppliers, and shareholders.
HeadFirst Group owns successful companies like HeadFirst, Striive, Staffing MS, Sterksen, StarApple, and ProUnity. It is the world’s leading full-service human resources supplier and professional networking platform. More than 20,000 experts work daily for over 500 clients in Europe, creating an annual revenue of more than 1.6 billion euros. It provides appropriate solutions for corporations and a perfect new challenge for professionals. It assists customers in their quest for talent and helps professionals find new challenges. In addition, the platform allows partners and suppliers to recruit and discover relevant people, both online and in person.
Speaking on the collaboration, Chairman of the Board, Han Kolff, said:
We are proud to have brought industry leaders HeadFirst and Impellam together. Besides vast geographic reach, our expanded group combines world-class expertise and market-leading tech, providing customers with mission-critical talent and creating a unique platform for growth in a growing market. HeadFirst and Impellam will power the next world of work together.
The new group’s Board of Directors includes Han Kolff, non-executive chairman; Julia Robertson, group CEO; Tim Briant, group CFO; Marion van Happen, HeadFirst Group CEO; and non-executive directors Koen Bekkering and Boyd Sleeman, co-founders. Impellam Group and HeadFirst Group will continue to operate as usual and provide industry-leading solutions to their customers, suppliers, and professionals.
Julia Robertson, CEO of Impellam and the enlarged group, added:
We have an exciting future ahead of us. In a world where talent and tech must come together to build better businesses, we will collaborate to leverage the combined strength and capability of our market-leading brands, people, and distinctive technology. Our complementary cultures and focus on our customers’ needs will ensure we deliver market-leading, digitally enabled and differentiated solutions to our customers worldwide.
Following the completion of the transaction, Lord Ashcroft, former majority shareholder of Impellam Group, will serve as non-executive director on the board.
Impellam is a connected group that provides exceptional workforce and STEM talent solutions expertise to equip an organization with mission-critical skill sets to future-proof its operations. Its integrated approach combines considerable workforce solutions experience with access to significant STEM talent networks.
