Title: CEO
Employer:  Jacobs Holding AG

Private and working environment

“I got to know Olaf while I was CEO between 2009 and 2015 of the Adecco group, the largest staffing group, with revenues of Euro 21 billion and 32’000 employees.  Olaf was then in charge at Merck SD to introduce the Managed Services program, where the temporary workforce of MSD would be recruited and managed by Adecco across all countries.  During that period Olaf and I had several follow up meetings, where Olaf came always across as very strong, knowing all the details of the program in the different countries, while also keeping the helicopter view, and making sure that the agreed quality standards and timelines were respected.  With the introduction of such a complex program, there are always roadblocks and issues, but Olaf succeeds to always bring these clearly across and have them either internally or externally solved.”