Ross Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, PeopleIN
Ross Thompson is Group CEO of PeopleIN, the largest ASX-listed workforce management and staffing company in APEC. PeopleIN connects over 15,000 people with roles every year, and is uniquely structured to provide deeply specialist talent solutions at scale, across a broad range of sectors.
Ross has led in a wide range of multi-national corporate, sporting and military environments, and built sustainable and profitable professional service operations in Australia, Asia and Africa.
Similar to PeopleIN, this experience involved bringing acquired businesses together under different brands but aligned on a common strategy. Ross is a firm believer that M&A success lies in ‘getting everyone to buy-in to being part of a bigger group and leveraging the benefits of that to grow the organisation’.
Ross is also a Non Executive Director of Football Queensland.
Speaker Sessions
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM
The Ever-Evolving Recruitment M&A Landscape and What It Means for Your Business in 2022
Despite an unprecedented economic environment, M&A transactions are still taking place, and with increased optimism for 2022, all eyes are on agencies’ exit strategies. How will the deal landscape evolve this year, and how have transaction multiples been affected by the pandemic? For highly acquisitive companies, what are some key planning considerations, and what are some key challenges and pitfalls to consider in pathing a profitable exit? Join Paul Masters, Managing Partner of Sovereign Private as he convenes a panel of esteemed leaders who can discuss their experiences with and projections for recruitment M&A.