HeadFirst Group, market leader in HR services and platform for professionals, appoints Marion van Happen as its new CEO effective February 1, 2022. Marion takes over the role from Han Kolff, who will focus on the company's international growth ambitions from his role as chairman of the board. Marion will be in charge of the group's activities in the Benelux.
Leading platform
HeadFirst Group has grown significantly in recent years to become the market leader in HR services in the Dutch labor market. The acquisitions of intermediary Between and recruitment specialist Sterksen in 2020 and 2021 have further strengthened HeadFirst Group's position as a full-service provider. HeadFirst Group's platform has recently been expanded with additional services for professionals and partners, including a learning & development platform and tailor-made financials services. For clients, the platform has been enriched with targeted talent pools and direct sourcing.
Marion, CEO: "I am greatly looking forward to this new challenge. First, my focus is on getting to know all colleagues and key relationships. Next, my focus is on the strategy for the coming years, which is unchanged: rolling out the tech roadmap, growing into a fully data-driven organization, offering next level services, becoming the leading platform in the Netherlands and realizing European expansion."
International growth
Han, Chairman of the Board said, "We are very pleased to have Marion join us. With her track record in our industry, she is ideally suited to further expand our position as a technology- and innovation-driven labor market platform. With her arrival, we as a board can focus even better on HeadFirst Group's expansion in Europe. We look forward to rolling out our growth strategy with Marion."
Marion has over twenty years of experience in HR services, staffing and recruitment in various commercial and management positions at home and abroad. Her last position was that of Chief Operating Officer at RGF Staffing the Netherlands, formerly known as USG People. Prior to that, Marion was general manager of Unique. She brings highly relevant expertise in digital transformation, innovation and operational performance management.
Han and Marion share news of changes to HeadFirst Group's leadership team in this video:
About HeadFirst Group
HeadFirst Group is a leading, international HR service provider and the largest platform for professionals in the Netherlands. The organization offers a diversity of HR solutions: Managed Service Providing, Recruitment Process Outsourcing, intermediary services (matchmaking, contracting) and HR consultancy. An average of fifteen thousand professionals work daily for over four hundred clients in Europe, with which HeadFirst Group realizes an annual turnover of over 1.5 billion euros. The main brands of HeadFirst Group are the intermediaries HeadFirst and Between, MSP service provider Staffing Management Services and RPO and recruitment specialist Sterksen.