{"id":4244,"date":"2024-07-20T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lama-fortune.com\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2025-02-13T13:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T12:03:58","slug":"kristof-sanders-forum-interim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/kristof-sanders-forum-interim\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristof Sanders: The Visionary Architect of Forum Interim, a 53 Million Euro Success-Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristof Sanders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forum Interim<\/strong> was founded in 1997 by Kristof Sanders, Luc Caenepeel, and Pascal Sanders, with initial capital of 150,000 euros provided by the founders and the Indas company, linked to Christian Dumolin's Trust Capital Partners.<\/strong> Based in Roeselare, Forum Interim<\/strong> quickly established itself in the south of West Flanders, a region characterized by low unemployment. Kristof Sanders now has assets of over 45 million euros. <\/p>\n\n\n

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From the outset, Forum has specialized in recruitment of French cross-border workers,<\/a> particularly popular in the textile, mechanical engineering and food sectors. Thanks to tax advantages and higher wages than in France, this group has been able to compensate for the structural shortage of labor in Belgium. To date, Forum<\/strong> works with around 500 companies in various sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Forum's success since its inception is undeniable. Steady growth has enabled rapid expansion, with the opening of the first office in Roeselare, followed by a second in Kortrijk. Argon Select<\/strong>a branch of Forum, specifically targets executives and management positions, further broadening its scope of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, the ghent investment fund Straco<\/strong> has acquired a majority stake in Forum Jobs<\/a>with 54.5%, leaving 25.5% to Christian Dumolin and 20% to Patrick Sanders, who remains CEO. The acquisition gave Forum Jobs capital of 53 million euros, with a war chest of 50 million euros to finance acquisitions and future expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Group is now structured under the new holding company Forpar<\/strong>, ensuring stability at long term with Straco<\/a>, <\/strong>recognized for its sustainable investments. Forum Jobs continues to evolve with a strategy focused on specific markets and a solid network of SMEs, consolidating its position on the temping and human resources scene.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kristof Sanders, co-founder of Forum Interim in 1997, has transformed an initial investment of 150,000 euros into a recruitment empire valued at 53 million euros. Specializing in cross-border recruitment, the company has conquered the West Flanders job market thanks to an innovative strategy. The acquisition by Straco in 2017, endowing Forum Jobs with a war chest of 50 million euros, marked a decisive turning point. Under the new holding company Forpar, Sanders and his team continue to expand their influence, perfectly illustrating how entrepreneurial vision and adaptation to market needs can create a success story in the human resources field.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,114,7],"tags":[5,27,62,115],"class_list":["post-4244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interim","category-service","category-textile","tag-belgique","tag-flandre","tag-interim","tag-service"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":61,"label":"Interim"},{"value":114,"label":"Service"},{"value":7,"label":"Textile"}],"post_tag":[{"value":5,"label":"Belgique"},{"value":27,"label":"Flandre"},{"value":62,"label":"Interim"},{"value":115,"label":"Service"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/media.lama-fortune.com\/2024\/07\/medium-shot-people-working-office-together-1024x683.jpg",1024,683,true],"author_info":{"display_name":"Martin Moth\u00e9","author_link":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/author\/mmothe\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":61,"name":"Interim","slug":"interim","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":61,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":61,"category_count":6,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Interim","category_nicename":"interim","category_parent":0},{"term_id":114,"name":"Service","slug":"service","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":114,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":90,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":114,"category_count":90,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Service","category_nicename":"service","category_parent":0},{"term_id":7,"name":"Textile","slug":"textile","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":7,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":33,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":7,"category_count":33,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Textile","category_nicename":"textile","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"Belgique","slug":"belgique","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":287,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":27,"name":"Flandre","slug":"flandre","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":27,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":200,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":62,"name":"Interim","slug":"interim","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":62,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":115,"name":"Service","slug":"service","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":115,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":51,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.lama-fortune.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}