June 05, 2023
Two diversity-owned staffing corporations have joined forces. Atrium, a New York-based staffing agency, acquired a majority stake in Gibbs Hybrid, a London-based recruitment agency. The deal closed Could 19.
Each corporations are led by feminine founders who appeared on the newest World Energy 150 Ladies in Staffing record — Rebecca Cenni-Leventhal at Atrium and Farida Gibbs at Gibbs Hybrid.
Atrium ranks among the many largest US staffing corporations, in line with SIA analysis. As well as, Atrium — licensed by the Ladies’s Enterprise Enterprise Nationwide Council — will seem on SIA’s upcoming Range-Owned Staffing Companies record.
Atrium founder and CEO Cenni-Leventhal stated Gibbs Hybrid’s observe file of success made it a pure match for her firm.
“As well as, as a WBENC-certified firm, becoming a member of forces with Europe’s largest [Minority Supplier Development UK]-certified minority woman-owned enterprise will additional empower us collectively in our ahead collectively mission to champion variety, fairness and inclusion,” she stated.
The acquisition expands Atrium’s footprint from the US and Canada to the UK, Eire, Poland and Luxembourg.
Gibbs Hybrid’s companies embrace everlasting and contract recruiting, MSP companies and RPO companies.
“Being a minority women-owned enterprise, we perceive the significance of variety, fairness and inclusion within the workforce and the provision chain,” stated Gibbs, founder and CEO of Gibbs Hybrid. “By becoming a member of the Atrium household, we will proceed to assist our prospects construct inclusive groups that drive success, steerage and mentorship and, extra importantly, change into position fashions for our business.”
The Gibbs Hybrid administration workforce will stay in place. Farida Gibbs will assist spearhead EMEA operations as a part of the Atrium household of corporations.
Phrases of the transaction weren’t introduced.
