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ATLANTA, GA — June 12, 2025 — Lorien, powered by Impellam Group, is proud to announce that Chris McKinney, Vice President of Sales, has been named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) 2025 40 Under 40 list. This prestigious recognition honors the next generation of leaders redefining the staffing and workforce solutions industry.
Now in its ninth year, SIA’s 40 Under 40 recognizes professionals who are not just adapting to a changing world of work—but actively shaping it. McKinney has emerged as one of the industry’s most future-ready leaders, known for his consultative approach, technology-forward mindset, and ability to build talent solutions that keep pace with transformation across industries.
“Chris’ impact goes far beyond metrics,” said Claire Marsh, CEO of Impellam Group North America. “His vision ensures that Lorien—and the staffing industry as a whole—evolves into a more agile, technology-forward, and consultative talent solutions provider. He is not just a leader—he is an architect of the future of talent solutions.”
At Lorien, McKinney has built and led high-performing sales and delivery teams focused on helping clients meet today’s hiring challenges with speed, quality, and precision. He has also played a key role in evolving the firm’s go-to-market strategy, combining traditional staffing with consultative workforce models, and creating scalable solutions that reflect how technology is reshaping the world of work.
In his 40 Under 40 honoree profile, McKinney shared what drives his passion for the industry:
“Being able to specialize in something that has helped companies grow and then seeing that work translate into day-to-day life, that’s probably been the biggest achievement.”
McKinney has influenced how Lorien partners with clients—shortening hiring cycles, expanding access to specialized talent, and integrating more strategic workforce planning into its delivery. He is also known for championing internal development, empowering his teams with data-driven training and future-focused sales enablement tools
Chris brings together what few leaders can: a sharp commercial mindset, a deep understanding of clients and candidates, and a relentless commitment to evolving the way our industry operates,” said Ryan McMahon, President of Lorien North America. “He’s not just responding to workforce transformation—he’s helping to lead it.”
McKinney and his fellow honorees will be formally recognized at SIA’s CollaborationX conference, taking place September 9-11 in Dallas, Texas, and are featured in the July/August 2025 issue of Staffing Industry Review magazine.
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About Lorien
Lorien, powered by the Impellam Group, delivers technology and digital talent solutions to organizations navigating transformation and growth. Lorien partners with clients to build agile, scalable workforces that solve complex business challenges—combining deep market expertise with a passion for connecting people to meaningful work.
About Impellam Group
Impellam is a connected group providing global workforce and STEM talent solutions. Our 1500 people and market-leading brands work across a broad spectrum of industries and job categories throughout North America, the UK and Europe and Asia Pacific. Our award-winning Global Managed Services provide a diverse range of digitally-enabled, multi-disciplinary workforce solutions to organisations. We are upper quadrant industry leaders in Managed Service Provision and Services Procurement, and IT. Our STEM businesses are specialists in recruiting and engaging talent in the key growth markets of technology, digital, data analytics, science, clinical and engineering and work with customers across all sectors and sizes. We believe in the power of work. Through the power of work, we build better businesses and help people lead more fulfilling lives.
