About this Event
The staffing and talent solutions sector is entering its next phase of transformation. Automation is accelerating, client expectations are becoming more strategic, and traditional recruitment models are under increasing pressure from AI, procurement scrutiny, and margin compression.
The September Future of Staffing & Talent Solutions Summit will focus on three themes shaping the next generation of market leaders.
- Leadership capability. As transformation becomes continuous, leaders must balance operational efficiency, technology adoption, workforce strategy, risk management, and organisational change simultaneously.
- The growing importance of consulting capability. Clients increasingly expect workforce intelligence, AI advisory, skills insight, and transformation support — not simply hiring delivery.
- Growth by acquisition and consolidation. What do buyers and investors value, how AI is influencing valuations, where acquisition opportunities are emerging, and how firms can scale capability while maintaining culture and performance.
Throughout the day, senior leaders, investors, advisers, and operators will share practical insight into how they are adapting to a market increasingly defined by automation, capability depth, and strategic value creation.
This is a strategic working session for leaders focused on reinvention, growth, and building sustainable advantage in the next era of staffing and talent solutions.
Speakers
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Sam Schlimper Randstad Enterprise Managing DirectorI believe work is one of the most powerful forces shaping human lives.For most of my career I have been fascinated by a simple question: why do some organisations create energy, growth and opportunity while others create frustration, waste and unrealised potential?
That question has taken me across talent acquisition, workforce transformation, organisational design, skills, strategy and now the intersection of human and agentic work.
My work is driven by a belief that sustainable performance emerges when organisations intentionally design systems that connect people, technology, governance and work around meaningful outcomes. As AI reshapes how value is created, organisations have an opportunity to move beyond redesigning jobs and begin redesigning work itself. My focus is helping leaders navigate that transition in a way that creates both organisational performance and human flourishing.
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Nick Gordon Meraki Capital Founder & CEONick Gordon is a British entrepreneur and the founder of Meraki Capital, a London-based investment firm specialising in the recruitment sector. With over two years of industry experience, he focuses on acquiring and scaling recruitment agencies through growth capital, operational support, and technology.
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Louise Shaw Omni CEOAt Omni, we help businesses find, attract, and retain the right people to drive long-term success. We believe that Talent Is Everything, and our expertise spans three key areas:
Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) – Acting as an extension of your team, we design flexible, scalable solutions that improve hiring efficiency, enhance your employer brand, and deliver real ROI.
Executive Search – Led by Jo Lancaster Towers, who brings 17 years of experience from AstraZeneca, we take a strategic approach to leadership hiring. Through targeted search, talent pipelining, and succession planning, we help you secure the leaders who will shape your future.
Talent Strategy – From workforce planning and salary benchmarking to employer branding and outplacement, we provide expert insight to help you stay ahead in a competitive market. As a CIPD talent intelligence partner, we deliver data-led solutions that drive real impact.
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Neil Jones Matrix CEOMatrix is a workforce solutions and background screening provider transforming how organisations find, manage and retain talent.
By combining smart technology, expert people and deep market insight, Matrix helps employers across the public and private sectors to manage complex workforces with greater visibility, control and confidence.
At the centre of its offering is Matrix Prism – a total workforce platform that unifies the entire employment lifecycle. From sourcing and screening to project delivery and performance reporting, it gives organisations the intelligence and agility to make faster, data-led decisions.
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Darren Topping HeadFirst Global Head of Market InsightsHeadFirst Global is the leading work orchestrator, built for the intelligence era. Created through the union of HeadFirst Group and Impellam Group – bringing together a technology and data platform with leadership in global managed services and specialist talent communities – we offer a unique, global technology and talent solution with unmatched scale and capability.
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David Rees Harnham and Levin ChairThe Levin Group are leaders in specialist recruitment for the FinTech, HealthTech, and GreenTech sectors, through their portfolio brands Storm2, Storm3 and Storm4.
Established in 2006, Harnham was founded as a specialist recruitment business for the Data & Analytics market. Over the past c.20 years, it has grown into the global leader in Data & Analytics recruitment with nearly 200 consultants, covering permanent and contract vacancies across the UK, Europe, and USA.
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Victoria Short Vendor Advisory Board Chair -
Adam Hawkins LinkedIn Head of Sales, EMEA & LATAM -
Carey Munn Pertemps Managed Solutions Director of Managed SolutionsThe UK’s largest provider of RPO, MSP, On demand, Project RPO and Total Talent recruitment solutions. Through our RPO, Master Vendor, Neutral Vendor, Blended RPO/MSP and Modular service offerings, we help organisations take control of their talent acquisition. We do this by bringing knowledge and best practice gained working with many of the UK’s leading employers to add value to your organisation.
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Gareth McNeill Resourgenix Managing Director, UK&IResourgenix Limited is a UK-based talent solutions company with a global reach. We are known for solving complex workforce challenges and delivering service excellence across sectors.
An experienced, qualified team with an innovative edge, we integrate seamlessly into your operations, co-designing solutions around your business, not the other way around. From permanent hires to flexible contracts, direct sourcing, RPO and MSP solutions, we bring deep expertise backed by partnerships with leading talent technology providers.
Through our offshore back-office support and processing capabilities, we can provide our clients or staffing partners with solutions that are agile, cost-effective, and scalable.
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Jo Taylor PeopleScout Head of RPO, EMEAAt PeopleScout EMEA, our creativity is changing RPO. We’ve redefined what outsourcing looks like for today’s talent landscape with Creative RPO, a more connected, more intelligent approach to hiring. One where AI-led technology, deep insight and human expertise come together to deliver real value and lasting impact.
Our solutions are built around your challenges, not fixed processes. From enterprise RPO to flexible, sourcing-led models, we design strategies that adapt as fast as the market does. Powered by Affinix®, our proprietary platform, we combine data, automation and analytics with specialist expertise across workforce strategy, employer brand, digital, and recruitment delivery. The result? Smarter decisions, faster outcomes, and better hiring experiences.
And when it comes to identifying the right talent, Assessment Works™ by PeopleScout improves accuracy, fairness and candidate experience at every stage. Finding the right talent shouldn’t be a challenge, it should be your competitive edge.
