Kelly® Announces Specialty Portfolio Presidents, Appoints Chief Administrative Officer
June 22 2020 - 7:30AM
Kelly, a global leader in providing workforce solutions, today
announced the appointment of the company’s five specialty business
leaders and a chief administrative officer.
Earlier this year, Peter Quigley, Kelly president and chief
executive officer, unveiled the company’s strategy to accelerate
growth as a specialty talent solutions provider. Under this
strategy, the company will manage its business through five
specialized business segments, each with a president dedicated to
driving innovation, execution, and growth within their
specialty.
“The leadership team we’re announcing today sets Kelly on a
clear path to becoming a specialty talent solutions company that
accelerates profitable growth, is a career partner for key talent,
and delivers differentiated value to our clients,” said
Quigley.
The following leaders will step into their roles effective July
1, 2020:
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Science, Engineering & Technology - Hugo Malan,
president. Malan, who joined Kelly in March 2020, will
have overall responsibility for the company’s Science, Engineering
& Technology business and related product offerings. (Kelly is
currently ranked second in scientific staffing and fourth in
engineering staffing in the United States.) With a Ph.D. in
engineering, Malan brings to his role a unique combination of
first-hand specialty expertise, successful executive experiences,
and a deep understanding of workforce industry strategies. Most
recently, he served as Chief Operating Officer of EmployBridge;
before that, he was President of Talent & Technology Solutions
for CDI Corporation, which specializes in IT and engineering
staffing and consulting. Earlier in his career, Malan led Global
Talent Strategy for Lehman Brothers and served as a management
consultant with McKinsey & Company. |
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Education – Nicola Soares, president. Soares, a
former educator, has successfully grown Kelly’s Education specialty
into the largest education workforce solutions provider in the U.S.
Soares connects thousands of schools to a diverse talent pool so
that students have equitable access to instructors even when their
full-time educators are absent. During her tenure at Kelly, Soares
has helped administrators stay ahead of the curve from pre-K
through higher education by expanding Kelly’s offerings to include
an early childhood education practice, as well as special needs and
higher education services.With more than 20 years of experience in
the education industry, Soares held positions in product
innovation, sales and marketing with education organizations such
as NBC Universal, where she led sales and marketing for NBC Learn
and McGraw-Hill Education. A passionate supporter of student
preparedness for the future of work, Soares actively engages with
policy makers and speaks at industry conferences. Staffing
Industry Analysts recognized Soares as one of the most influential
people in the staffing industry and a Global Power 150 – Women
in Staffing leader. |
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Professional and Industrial (formerly Commercial) – Deb
Thorpe, president. Thorpe, who brings deep industry
expertise and extensive leadership experience to the role, will
focus on driving profitable growth and increased specialization in
the company’s largest, longest-standing portfolio. In 2019, she was
appointed senior vice president and general manager overseeing
staffing operations in the Americas. Previously, she was
responsible for the operations of Kelly’s GTS staffing, CWO, RPO,
and PPO practices for the Americas and EMEA, leading an integrated
operations team that delivered services to many of Kelly’s largest
clients. Earlier in her Kelly career, Thorpe gained first-hand
experience driving growth as the leader of the southwest sector in
the U.S., and then as the head of Kelly’s IT staffing solution. She
joined Kelly in 2007 from Bartech Technical Services. Thorpe has
been recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts as one of the most
influential people in the staffing industry. |
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KellyOCG – Tammy Browning, president. Browning,
who has spent her career on the leading edge of workforce industry
transformation, will drive accelerated growth in Kelly’s
outsourcing & consulting portfolio. After starting as a Kelly
recruiter, Browning went on to lead West Coast operations and then
the U.S. IT staffing practice at Kelly before leaving the company
and spending seven years at Yoh, where she was responsible for
managed services, statement of work, payroll, IC compliance, and
contingent search, along with Yoh’s nationwide branch office
operations and recruiting practice. Browning returned to Kelly in
2017 as vice president of KellyOCG operations, and was promoted to
senior vice president responsible for all OCG-related practice
areas and solutions globally in 2019. In her new role, she will
also be responsible for driving the strategy and growth for a group
of Kelly’s most integrated and complex clients. Browning has been
recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts as one of the most
influential people in the staffing industry. |
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International – Dinette Koolhaas, president.
Koolhaas, who is based in Switzerland, will focus on driving growth
through further specialization across Kelly’s operations in Europe,
Russia, Mexico, and Brazil. Koolhaas spent 12 years with USG People
before joining Kelly in 2008 to lead operations across Western
Europe, where she was responsible for delivering on regional and
country-specific growth strategies across eight countries. Her
focus on specialization and verticalization has helped strengthen
Kelly’s competitiveness in the European market, especially in the
life sciences industry. She was promoted to vice president and
operations leader for EMEA in 2013 and senior vice president in
2019. Koolhaas has been recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts as
one of the most influential people in the staffing
industry. |
Kelly also today announced the appointment of Jim
Bradley as Chief Administrative Officer. A versatile and
results-focused executive, Bradley leads Global Business Services
(GBS), the delivery arm of operational shared services and
financial shared services for the Americas staffing businesses,
KellyOCG’s global businesses, and many of the other shared services
that support Kelly’s operations. Prior to this role, Bradley was
most recently senior vice president in the KellyOCG organization
with global responsibility for the MSP, CWO, and PPO
practices.
About Kelly®
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 440,000
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 practice. Visit kellyservices.com and
let us help with what’s next for you.
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