Kelly Services® Announces Planned Retirement of President and CEO George Corona; Board Names EVP Peter Quigley as Successor
August 06 2019 - 4:30PM
Kelly Services, Inc., (Nasdaq: KELYA, KELYB), a global leader in
providing workforce solutions, today announced that its Board of
Directors has elected Executive Vice President Peter Quigley as
Kelly’s next President and CEO. The appointment is effective
October 1, 2019 at which time Quigley will also join the company’s
Board of Directors. He will replace George Corona who announced his
intention to step down as President and CEO effective September 30,
2019 as part of his planned retirement. Corona will serve as a
non-executive employee of the company, in a transition and advisory
capacity, until his retirement in early 2020. He will remain a
member of the Board.
Corona was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Kelly
Services in May 2017, after more than 20 years of experience in a
variety of roles at Kelly, including eight years as EVP and Chief
Operating Officer. Prior to joining the company in 1994, Corona
held management roles at Digital Equipment Professional Services
Group and Burroughs Corporation.
As COO and CEO, Corona is credited with successfully leading
Kelly in transforming and adapting to the highly competitive
workforce solutions marketplace. Over the past decade, he oversaw
the transformation of Kelly’s operating models to align with market
demands; sharpened the company’s focus on areas that could best
deliver profitable growth; and drove increased efficiency in
delivering excellent service to clients of all sizes. He served as
executive sponsor on some of Kelly’s largest accounts, and he was
pivotal in efforts to win, retain and expand key client
relationships.
“George has been an exceptional leader since stepping into the
role of CEO,” said Donald R. Parfet, Chairman of the Board of
Directors. “He’s helped us become a more focused company, make
solid investments in technology and the future of work, and stay
aligned with our Noble Purpose of connecting people to work in ways
that enrich their lives. We are grateful for his 25 years of
service to Kelly, and we wish him the best in his well-deserved
retirement,” he said.
“It has been a privilege to lead a company like Kelly that
prides itself on its 73-year tradition of integrity, quality and
service excellence,” Corona said. “The timing is right for me to
act on my planned retirement and to pass the torch to a new CEO,
who will continue to guide Kelly toward the full achievement of our
strategy. We have a strong, seasoned leadership team in place, and
an organization full of talented individuals who understand what’s
next for our industry and for our customers,” he said. “Having
worked closely with Peter for many years through numerous
situations, I am confident that our organization is in the hands of
an extremely capable, collaborative and growth-minded leader. I
look forward to continuing to work with Peter as a member of
Kelly’s Board of Directors.”
“Recognizing George’s planned retirement, and guided by our
succession plan, the Board followed a comprehensive process to
ensure we identified extraordinary candidates to serve as Kelly’s
next CEO,” Parfet said. “Peter Quigley is an outstanding leader and
a 17-year veteran of the company. During his time here, he has
managed or been responsible for a majority of operations and
headquarters functions. He is one of the principal architects of
Kelly’s current business strategy,” he said.
Quigley serves as Kelly’s representative on the Board of
Directors of Persol Holdings, a leading Japanese staffing and
solutions company, publicly traded on the Nikkei stock exchange. He
also serves as a Board member of PersolKelly, the company’s joint
venture with Persol that provides staffing in 12 geographies in
APAC. Other responsibilities and honors he has outside of Kelly
include his role as 2nd Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the
American Staffing Association as well as appearing on the SIA’s 100
Most Influential People in Staffing list.
Parfet concluded: “We congratulate Peter on his newest role and
we are confident he will continue to move the company forward.”
About Kelly Services®
Kelly connects talented people to companies in need of their
skills in areas including Science, Engineering, Education, Office,
Contact Center, Light Industrial, and more. We’re always thinking
about what’s next in the evolving world of work, and we help people
ditch the script on old ways of thinking and embrace the value of
all workstyles in the workplace. We directly employ nearly 500,000
people around the world, and we connect thousands more with work
through our global network of talent suppliers and partners in our
outsourcing and consulting. Visit kellyservices.com and let us help
with what’s next for you.
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