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An Introduction to Talon Board Advisory
About Us
Background
The strategic vision upon which Talon Board Advisory was founded is to offer quality consulting
support services in areas widely acknowledged as critical to the success of most companies
and investors in the highly competitive and ever changing oil and gas sector.
We specialise in the attraction and retention of top class individuals at board, executive and
managerial level, and the delivery of bespoke business consulting projects associated with
investment, divestment, growth and leadership.
Talon Board Advisory is a specialist boutique consulting practice that excels in securing
exceptional leadership talent and the delivery of associated Boardroom Consulting Services - for
clients in the Energy and Natural Resources sectors.
We differentiate through three decades of honing our expertise and knowledge but also through
our pedigree, aptitude and applied judgment in delivering Executive Search assignments and
bespoke investigative consulting projects to aid decision making in and around the boardroom.
Our highly experienced Partners have worked within oilfield services and hence relate
instinctively to the challenges facing our clients.
As an independent firm we offer personal attention and flexibility of approach with all
assignments led and executed by a Partner.
About Us
Partners
Les Park heads up our Board Advisory capability, focusing on leading the delivery of C-Suite
appointments and Boardroom Consulting projects. Les built a highly-respected international Oil & Gas
executive search business with offices in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific and has been at the
forefront of Oil & Gas Executive Search and Boardroom Consulting services for almost 30 years.
Les also served 5 years as Non-Executive Chairman of an oilfield engineering and project management
company; and he is a former member of the Industrial Tribunal Board of Scotland.
Dave Allan heads up Talon’s Executive Search practice, he has 15 years in retained
Executive Search and 20 years in the Oil and Gas industry.
Dave spent his first 6 years in Executive Search working closely with Les Park, he then
accepted the challenge of building an Oil & Gas Executive Search practice on behalf of
another firm, latterly becoming Managing Director of the Energy practice, prior to
joining forces with Les again at Talon.
Executive Search Expertise
Talon’s executive search offering is specifically focussed on appointing key
executives and industry specialists across the full spectrum of the life cycle
of an oil and gas play.
We are particularly strong in assignments defined as C class such as CEO,
COO & CFO roles. We also excel in Board appointments of a General
Management nature and in addressing senior functional management
appointments at both business support and operational delivery levels. Our track record speaks for itself, our Partners have been instrumental in building the talent and
leadership teams of many of the leading companies in the international oil and gas sector.
Our clients span the supply chain from E&P businesses to companies operating in the oilfield
services, equipment, technology, contracting and consulting sectors. Businesses with an
engineering or technical offering feature heavily in our portfolio of clients as do operators of
offshore assets such as rigs, vessels and ships.
Investors and private equity players also draw upon our services and capabilities in pre and post
deal situations from candid people due diligence services covering public domain and non-public
domain information to assessing and strengthening management teams.
Board Advisory
Expertise In developing the close client relationships built through working with
Shareholders, Boards, Leadership Teams and Investors via our core service
offering of Executive Search, Talon Board Advisory can bring to the table a
further differentiator in the form of significant expertise and a proven track
record in delivering a Boardroom and Advisory Services capability that
extends well beyond the boundaries of most Executive Search firms. Talon’s capability in and around the boardroom is underpinned and enhanced beyond our
Executive team via our ability to call upon the expertise, wisdom and objectivity of our Advisory
Board members, all of whom are recognised oil and gas industry leaders who can bring to bear
perspective and insight to the most challenging of issues encountered by Boards be they of an
internal or external nature.Talon Board Advisory provides informed counsel and executes discreet consulting projects
across a range of business critical areas. We have a track record in delivering a range of
projects within the contexts of: • Mergers and Acquisitions
• Leadership Evaluation
• Board Governance
• Due Diligence
• Performance and
Reward
• Competitor Profiling
• Market Entry
• Employer Positioning
• Outsourced Recruitment
Management
Service Delivery Model
• The approach we adopt is to work in close partnership with clients on a retained basis,
effectively functioning as an extension of the client organisation. To justify this privileged
relationship we work hard to develop a real understanding of our client's business. We
understand the competitive structure of the market sectors in which they operate, we
develop an understanding of the particular products, services and technologies and
importantly, we endeavour to respect the uniquely different cultures that prevail within each
organisation.
• Given the nature of our work we also appreciate the need for absolute confidentiality and the
highest ethical standards. Our established client base is testimony to the fact that we
practice what we preach in this regard.
• Our service delivery model is founded upon rigour in our due diligence and research
programmes. We have invested in not only our in house data management and systems but
in a dedicated staff resource with the ongoing remit to build market intelligence on
companies and people populating the oil and gas sector.
• All research is fully bespoke with detailed research conducted on every assignment. Our
databases and networks underpin our research capability, however they are no substitute for
real time research, validation and verification.
Market Understanding
• To operate successfully as a professional advisor in and around the boardroom within the
Energy and Natural Resources markets requires specialist knowledge and understanding of
not only people, but companies, competitor positioning, cultural dynamics and prevailing
business dynamics – Talon Board Advisory is built upon these foundations.
• Our heritage is built on serving the oil & gas industry. With over three decades of experience
in the business of engaging with talent in the sector our Partners immediately resonate with
the challenges our clients face and offer objective and candid counsel in the context of the
realities of the external market.
• The Companies, Investors and Advisors we serve respect our in–depth understanding and
value our knowledge and ability to instinctively relate to broader business issues, global
market challenges and industry-specific dynamics impacting on business performance.
• Our depth of market understanding of both the people and the companies populating the
business environments in which we operate mitigates the many risks clients face in making
critical appointments and in implementing boardroom decisions which will ultimately shape
the future wellbeing of their organisations.
International Reach
• The competition for leadership talent with an international perspective is intensifying as the
global demand for energy and natural resources drives companies and corporations to new
frontiers.
• Be it recruiting in Alberta, in Western Australia, in Sakhalin Island or Brazil, we relate
instinctively to the geo-political dynamics of global business, tailoring our consulting approach
to the specific country or region and niche sector of the market.
• We are attuned to the sensitivities associated with stereotyping and cultural diversity. We
recognise that differing leadership qualities, business protocols and mindsets are essential to
enable companies both large and small to prosper in international markets.
• Our international perspective and reach offers our clients the means to identify and secure not
only traditional expatriate leaders but, increasingly, indigenous talent.
Value Proposition
• No stone should be left unturned in the pursuit of elusive leadership talent in markets where
skill shortages are endemic. Our success is based on many attributes beyond the rigours of
our Executive Search process.
• We deliver on our promises by adopting a candid approach, offering a reality check from the
very outset of an opportunity to work with a client. Our ethos is to only undertake
assignments where we can add tangible value.
• We offer both clients and candidates personal attention, sound advice and years of wisdom
and experience. Our exceptionally high level of repeat business is the most obvious
testament to our track record of success.
• Our prowess and experience in interviewing is underpinned by our intrinsic understanding of
the values and critical success factors required to attract and land talented executives. Our
proficiency in influencing already successful executives to make a career move is without
doubt an art we have truly mastered.
• We also appreciate the need for absolute confidentiality, trust and integrity, with off limits
practiced, not just preached. Commercially our consulting arrangements are competitive
and levied against agreed performance milestones tailored to the precise scope of work and
the unique requirements of each client.
Testimonials
“We retained Les Park to find an exceptional Group CEO and CFO for a major investment we made in oil and gas services - difficult and challenging assignments. Not only did he deliver, he managed us, the complexities of the situation in relation to confidentiality and our uncooperative schedules to ensure we got the candidates we wanted over the line. All in all a great experience.”
Chief Investment OfficerMajor Institutional Investor
“These guys will rigorously challenge your thinking and approach to hiring key executives. They offer an unrivalled external perspective, insightful advice and candid counsel. They are true advisory partners in Executive Search and it is a pleasure to consider Talon as an extension of our organisation.”
Senior Vice PresidentWorld leader in Subsea Contracting
Aberdeen Office
Talon House46 Carden PlaceAberdeenAB10 1UP
Contact
Key Contacts
Les ParkManaging Partner
Dave AllanPartner
Tel: 0044 1224 633 802Email: [email protected]: www.talonboardadvisory.com
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