Jonas Prising

Jonas Prising is a Chief Executive Officer of ManpowerGroup Inc.( MAN ) in 2014, giving him responsibility for ManpowerGroup's $20 billion global operations. He is the fourth CEO the company has had in its 68-year history.

He has been with the ManpowerGroup since 1999.

Prior to his current leadership role at ManpowerGroup Inc., Prising held other key executive roles at the firm. This includes: President of The Americas Operations at Manpower Inc. and three years earlier its Executive Vice President. Prising held other roles at other firms in the past including: Executive VP at Experis US, Inc., President of United States and Canadian Operations of Manpower Inc., the Executive VP of US and Canadian Operations, Managing Director of Manpower Italy of Manpower Inc., Director of Manpower Global Accounts of EMEA, President of North America and President of the Americas at Manpower Inc., and also a range of key roles at Electrolux.

Prising speaks five languages: English, French, German, Italian and Swedish. He has lived in nine countries spanning the Asia, Europe and North American regions. He lives with his family in the Milwaukee area. He takes part in an amateur ice hockey league. He has both American and Swedish citizenship. He was described by outgoing President and CEO Jeffrey Joerres as being “absolutely ready” to take on the role of heading the company and that he is a “true global citizen.” He believes that Prising’s knowledge of France is extremely useful for the firm as it is their single biggest market.