{"id":59425,"date":"2025-02-08T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstagenew.wpenginepowered.com\/insights\/livingstone-deepens-its-expertise-in-the-hr-staffing-professional-services-sector\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T17:29:33","slug":"livingstone-deepens-its-expertise-in-the-hr-staffing-professional-services-sector","status":"publish","type":"insights","link":"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/zh-hans\/insights\/livingstone-deepens-its-expertise-in-the-hr-staffing-professional-services-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"Livingstone Deepens its Expertise in the HR, Staffing &amp; Professional Services Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Livingstone is pleased to announce the expansion of its Benelux practice with the joining of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/zh-hans\/team\/geert-jan-bouwhuis\/\">Geert-Jan Bouwhuis<\/a>\u00a0as partner in the Amsterdam office.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Geert-Jan brings over 20 years of experience in corporate finance, M&amp;A and strategy. Before joining Livingstone, he spent 9 years at Randstad (RAND.AS), the global leader in the HR Services industry, lastly as Managing Director Corporate Strategy and M&amp;A. Before that, he worked at PwC Corporate Finance for 10 years, developing a strong M&amp;A track record across various industries.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGlobal mega trends in the world of work \u2013 such as talent scarcity, changing demographics influencing the working population, and the acceleration of technologies including AI \u2013 are creating abundant M&amp;A activity both on a local and international level. Geert-Jan\u2019s global sector knowledge, proven track record, corporate M&amp;A expertise, and industry relationships will advance Livingstone\u2019s future success in the highly dynamic HR Services sector,\u201d s<\/em>aid<strong> Niels Claeren, Partner, Livingstone Amsterdam<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cI am thrilled to join Livingstone and look forward to contributing to its impressive track record. The firm\u2019s focus on the middle-market, its international presence, reputation for delivering outstanding client outcomes, and strong industry focus make it the perfect platform for taking a leading role in the continuing M&amp;A wave in the HR, Staffing &amp; Professional Services Sector\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211; <strong>Geert-Jan Bouwhuis, Partner, Livingstone Amsterdam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe are proud to welcome Geert-Jan to the Livingstone team in Amsterdam. Geert-Jan is a senior corporate finance professional with deep industry expertise in the broader HR Services market and will be adding specific Corporate M&amp;A knowledge to our firm. Our ambition is to continue to grow in the Benelux region by deepening our industry knowledge in selected markets. I am certain that the appointment of Geert-Jan will contribute to achieving this objective,&#8221; <\/em>says <strong>Ralph Hagelgans, Partner, Livingstone Dusseldorf.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global middle-market M&#038;A and debt advisory firm is pleased to announce the appointment of Geert-Jan Bouwhuis as partner in the Amsterdam office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":59426,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2746],"tags":[],"sector":[],"service":[],"class_list":["post-59425","insights","type-insights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Livingstone Deepens its Expertise in the HR, Staffing &amp; Professional Services Sector - Livingstone Partners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstonepartners.com\/zh-hans\/insights\/livingstone-deepens-its-expertise-in-the-hr-staffing-professional-services-sector\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Livingstone Deepens its Expertise in the HR, Staffing &amp; 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