Hugo Malan

Experienced executive with a track record of driving top- and bottom-line growth, leading digital and AI transformation across services businesses, and building high-performance teams and cultures. Background includes: • President, Science, Engineering, Technology & Telecom (SETT), Kelly Services — led a large, specialty-focused technical consulting and workforce solutions portfolio with full P&L ownership, delivering complex onshore/offshore programs for Fortune 500 clients. • Managing Partner, Talent Capital Advisors — identified and executed financial and strategic investment opportunities across the evolving workforce solutions ecosystem. • Chief Operating Officer & President, Commercial Businesses, EmployBridge — oversaw nationwide specialty staffing brands (Select, ProLogistix, ResourceMFG, ProDrivers), supporting major enterprise clients with supply-chain and commercial talent solutions. • EVP & President, North America Staffing, CDI — member of the executive team responsible for growth, operational transformation, and shareholder value creation in a major engineering and technology staffing organization. • President, Sports & Fitness; President, Toys, Sears Holdings — directed end-to-end P&L for multi-billion-dollar retail categories across ~2,000 Sears and Kmart stores and associated e-commerce platforms. • Global Talent Strategy, Lehman Brothers → Transition & Integration Team, Barclays Capital — led the global talent strategy organization at Lehman, and subsequently joined the Barclays Capital integration team following the 2008 acquisition. • Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company (New York) — focused on private equity due diligence and financial services strategy, working with top global investors and financial institutions. • Early Career — electronic engineer (Ph.D., Cambridge; M.Eng., Stellenbosch), software development at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and product/technology roles in a UK startup. Specialties: Business transformation; strategic growth; AI and digital enablement; data-driven decision-making; P&L leadership; talent strategy; operational turnaround; scaling onshore/offshore services platforms; building high-caliber teams. Professional Recognition: Recognized by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) as one of the Top 100 most influential leaders in U.S. staffing. U.S. patent holder for technology-based innovation (details available upon request).