Becky Frankiewicz named ManpowerGroup CEO from January 2027

ManpowerGroup, the Milwaukee-based workforce solutions company, announced on Thursday, October 15, 2026, that its board has elected Becky Frankiewicz as chief executive officer with effect from January 1, 2027. She is currently the company's President and Chief Strategy Officer. Jonas Prising, who has been chief executive since 2014, will move to the role of executive chair on the same date. The company made the announcement on the day it reported its results for the third quarter of 2026.

ManpowerGroup is one of the best-known names in the global staffing business. It places temporary and permanent workers, runs recruitment for other companies and offers training and career services. A change at the top of such a company is watched closely, because staffing firms sit between employers and job seekers and often feel shifts in hiring before the wider economy does.

The appointment is also an example of a planned, internal succession. Frankiewicz was not brought in from outside. She has moved through commercial, regional and strategy roles inside the group, first leading its North America business and its commercial work, and then taking the combined post of President and Chief Strategy Officer in June 2025. Holding the president's title for about eighteen months before taking over as chief executive gives her time to run day-to-day operations while the outgoing leader is still in place. Keeping Prising on as executive chair is a common way for boards to keep continuity during a handover.

For readers interested in women's paths to the top, the route matters as much as the result. Many women in large companies stall in functional roles and never get the profit-and-loss responsibility that boards look for in a chief executive. Frankiewicz's record combines a regional business with revenue responsibility, a company-wide commercial role and strategy. That combination is the kind of preparation that succession plans usually require, and it shows how a long internal pipeline can lead to the top job.

The timing was not easy. The announcement came alongside third-quarter results that landed below some analysts' revenue estimates, and the company's shares fell on the day, though reports of the size of the fall differed depending on the time of trading. Frankiewicz said she remains committed to the company's transformation plan and its margin targets, which signals continuity rather than a sharp change of course.

ManpowerGroup leadership change at a glance Role | Now | From January 1, 2027 Chief executive | Jonas Prising | Becky Frankiewicz Executive chair | None | Jonas Prising Board size | Eleven directors | Twelve directors Frankiewicz's role | President and Chief Strategy Officer | Chief executive officer and director

Short-term: For the rest of 2026 Prising stays chief executive and Frankiewicz continues as president, so clients and staff should see little change. Investors will watch the fourth-quarter results and any early statements from her on priorities, costs and growth.

Long-term: From 2027 Frankiewicz will set the direction of a company whose business depends on how employers hire. Her decisions on technology, services and costs will shape how the group competes as companies change the way they find and train workers. Prising's move to executive chair is likely to provide continuity in the board's oversight during the first phase of her tenure.

Who is affected: ManpowerGroup's employees and the workers it places, the employers that use its services, its shareholders and its board. The move is also relevant to women managers who look to examples of internal routes to the chief executive's chair in large listed companies.

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