In line with the company鈥檚 international expansion plans and ambitions to become the global leader, , Europe鈥檚 fastest growing employee experience platform, is today announcing the appointment of Jacques Stern, previously global CEO of (2010-15), as a Non-Exec Director on the Perkbox Board.
Jacques ran the Edenred business operating in 40 countries with 6,000+ employees and over 拢1B in annual revenue between 2010-2015. Since then he has moved on to become the CEO & President of , the global leader in tax free shopping that operates in 52 countries worldwide.
Just in the last year, Perkbox has been named UK鈥檚 fastest growing business, launched a range of new , expanded and invested heavily to its UK-based software development team. With its recent expansion into France achieving faster success than expected (+1,200 companies registered to launch in just two months), Perkbox is aiming to become a global leader in helping businesses motivate, reward and engage their employees.
Perkbox will be launching into several additional international markets in 2019. Throughout this journey, Jacques鈥� experience as global CEO guiding Edenred will be exceptionally valuable to the company. As a member of the Board, he will be assisting the senior leadership team in formulating and executing their global strategy.
Saurav Chopra, Co-founder and CEO of Perkbox says: 鈥�It is with great pleasure that we welcome Jacques to the team. At Perkbox, we鈥檝e made it our mission to help 10 million employees by 2020 and 100 million by 2025. Jacques鈥� expertise in running and growing two successful global businesses will be immensely valuable as we scale up to become the number one employee experience platform worldwide.鈥�
Jacques Stern, Non-Exec Director of Perkbox says: 鈥淧erkbox鈥檚 鈥榚mployee first鈥� strategy and extremely fast-paced growth has got me very excited about the untapped potential in the market. I am convinced that digital cloud-based platforms focusing on the holistic employee experience are a natural evolution of how to integrate the value proposal in this space. Perkbox has the potential to become a unique differentiator, providing an environment that meets the comfort and efficiency required by today鈥檚 employees. I am delighted to be helping this talented team in their journey to become global market leaders.鈥�
