Jonas Prising vs Kristy Willis

Jonas Prising

CEO of ManpowerGroup

BIO: Mr. Jonas Prising has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ManpowerGroup Inc. since December 31, 2015 and May 1, 2014 respectively. Mr. Prising has been the President of The Americas Operations at Manpower Inc. since January 2009 and also as its Executive Vice President since January 2006. He served as the President of ManpowerGroup Inc. from November 15, 2012 to April 30, 2014 and also served as its Executive Vice President for the Americas & Southern Europe. He runs ManpowerGroup's $12 billion operations in North, Central and South America and Southern Europe. He also has responsibility for Right Management, the global leader in talent and career management workforce solutions within ManpowerGroup, as well as its ManpowerGroup Solutions business. Mr. Prising served as Executive Vice President at Experis US, Inc. He joined ManpowerGroup in 1999. He served as an Executive Vice President at ManpowerGroup Inc. since January 2006 until November 15, 2012. He has been Independent Director at Kohl's Corporation since August 17, 2015. He served as the President of United States and Canadian Operations of Manpower Inc. from January 2006 to December 2008. Mr. Prising served as an Executive Vice President of U S and Canadian Operations and Managing Director of Manpower Italy of Manpower Inc., from January 1, 2006 to December 2008 and from 2002 to January 1, 2006, respectively and also served as Director of Manpower Global Accounts of EMEA from June 1999 to June 2002. He served as President of North America and President of the Americas at Manpower Inc. He joined Manpower in 1999 as Sales Director of EMEA region. Prior to Manpower, he served multiple international management positions with Electrolux from 1989 to May 1999. In addition, he serves as a co-chair of MiKE, an organization focused on supporting innovation and entrepreneurial leadership. A recognized expert on domestic and international labor markets and work trends, Mr. Prising regularly presents at conferences and summits around the world. He serves as a Director of JA Worldwide, JA USA and JA of Wisconsin Inc. He serves as a Director at Junior Achievement, Inc. He has been a Director of ManpowerGroup Inc. since 2015. Mr. Prising has participated in Executive Programs at Stanford, INSEAD and Yale. He holds MBA (equivalent) from the Stockholm School of Economics. He speaks five languages: English, French, German, Swedish and Italian.

Kristy Willis

CEO of PeopleReady

BIO: Kristy Willis has served as President of PeopleReady since March 2023. A purpose-driven leader, Willis is inspired by PeopleReady’s mission to connect people and work and the opportunity to enable clients to move their business forward while serving local communities. In her role, she guides the company’s strategic direction and is focused on achieving service excellence and industry leading growth through technology and delivery model innovation and employee empowerment. With TrueBlue since 2018, Willis most recently served as Chief Sales and Operations Officer of PeopleReady, and before that, Chief Sales Officer. Before joining PeopleReady, Willis spent nearly 20 years with the Adecco Group, most recently in the role of Senior Vice President for the company’s Western Division, where she was responsible for leading sales, service delivery, fulfillment, operations and financial management. Willis has appeared on the Staffing Industry Analysts’ prestigious Global Power 150 Women in Staffing list multiple times. In 2022 she was ranked No. 2 on the World Staffing Awards Leaders to Watch list. She also won the SILVER GLOBEE in the Female Executive of the Year category and the Silver Stevie® Award for Woman of the Year in Sales. Willis holds an Executive MBA from IMD University in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has completed executive education programs at Harvard Business School.