primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . december 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message sthree plc type public lse sthr industry recruitment founded 1986 1 headquarters london uk key people gary elden obe 2 ceo alex smith cfo steve quinn ceo americas justin hughes ceo asia pacific & mena revenue 848.8 million 2015 3 number of employees 2 800 2015 4 subsidiaries computer futures huxley banking and financial services progressive global energy progressive recruitment real staffing website www.sthree.com www.sthreecareers.com sthree plc is an international specialist staffing organisation founded in the united kingdom and headquartered in london . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse smallcap index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 locations 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded by bill bottriell and simon arber in 1986 5 as a specialist recruitment business under the name computer futures . in 1999 barclays provided development finance for the business . it was first listed on the london stock exchange in 2005 . operations edit the company provides permanent and contract specialist staffing services in the uk and europe americas and asiapac and mena regions specializing in the information technology banking & finance life sciences engineering and energy sectors . it operates under a number of different brand names with the five largest being computer futures real staffing progressive recruitment progressive global energy & natural resources and huxley . locations edit it has a total of 41 offices 6 in 15 countries . australia belgium france germany hong kong ireland japan luxembourg malaysia netherlands qatar singapore switzerland uae uk usa references edit http www.sthree.com about us history https www.gov.uk government uploads system uploads attachment data file 528696 birthday honours list prime ministers list 2016.pdf http www.sthree.com images reports 2015 2016 ar final.pdf http www.sthree.com images reports 2015 2016 ar final.pdf sthree history sthree offices external links edit official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sthree & oldid 729379309 categories employment agencies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1986companies based in london1986 establishments in the united kingdomhidden categories use dmy dates from april 2015use british english from april 2015articles lacking reliable references from december 2011all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 july 2016 at 20 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view