Chief Executive Officer, Adecco Group
Patrick De Maeseneire (1957), a Belgian national, joined Adecco as Chief Executive Officer in June 2009.
Patrick De Maeseneire served as Chief Executive Officer of Barry Callebaut, the world market leader in high-quality cocoa and chocolate products, from June 2002 until May 2009. He held leading positions within the Adecco Group between 1998 and 2002, starting out as country manager for the Benelux region before going on to lead the Adecco Group’s worldwide professional staffing business from New York.
In the period prior to joining the Adecco Group (1980–1997), Patrick De Maeseneire held executive positions at the Belgian TV station VTM, at Sun International and at Apple Computer, as well as senior positions at Wang in Belgium and Arthur Andersen Consulting. In 2007, Patrick De Maeseneire was granted the title of Baron by King Albert II of Belgium.
He trained as a commercial engineer at the Solvay Business School from the Brussels University and studied marketing management at Ghent University. Patrick De Maeseneire also completed studies in business management at the London Business School and INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France).