Neil Carberry
Chief Executive Officer, Recruitment & Employment Confederation
Neil Carberry was appointed as Chief Executive of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation in June 2018, having been managing director at the Confederation of British Industry, leading the CBI’s work on the labour market, skills, energy, and infrastructure. In 1999, Neil began his career in recruitment working for executive search firm Fraser Watson before doing a post graduate degree in Human Resources at the London School of Economics and joining the CBI in 2004. He is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the RSA. He is a member of the council of the conciliation service ACAS and a former member of the Low Pay Commission, which recommends UK minimum wages. A three-time nominee to the SIA Staffing100 in Europe, he is also on the board of the World Employment Confederation and a primary academy trust in Oxfordshire. Neil is an RFU qualified rugby coach and is one of the 8,000 co-owners who made Heart of Midlothian the UK’s biggest fan-owned football club.
Speaker Sessions
2023 Outlook: Predicting What’s Next for the Recruitment Industry
With the challenges of the last few years come new opportunities for recruitment agencies to transform their business and meet talent where they are. But with rapid changes happening across the industry — from the rise in remote work to changing candidate needs to an economy that shows signs of slowing — how can firms navigate uncharted territory while still meeting and exceeding client expectations? What’s next for the industry that’s undergone massive shifts in recent years? In this session, recruitment industry experts will discuss the current industry trends across EMEA using the latest data and provide insight on where the industry may be headed in 2023.