Mark De Smedt
management
The adecco group
Switzerland
Biography
Regional Head of Northern Europe since January 2016, leading also Germany, Austria and Switzerland as part of the same region as of July 1, 2017. Belgian national, born 1961. Mark De Smedt has a Degree in Commercial Engineering from the Free University of Brussels and has attended MBA programmes in Chicago, Harvard, INSEAD and the London Business School. In 2009, Mark De Smedt joined Adecco as Country Manager for Belgium & Luxembourg. He was previously a founder of Professional Staffing specialist XPE Group, acquired by Adecco. Prior to this, he was responsible for Adecco’s Benelux operations between 2002 and 2007. Before Mark De Smedt joined the staffing industry, he held various executive positions at Wang, Apple, Citibank, and Scoot in France, Spain and Belgium.
Research Interest
Commercial Engineering