It has been a great experience working with Swann in some of our senior recruitments. We knew about their global reach and competitiveness in the mining industry globally, but were favorably surprised by their ability to deliver quality advisory services in Chile and especially their continuing engagement.

Swann have provided excellent advice and service to Newcrest Mining Ltd in the six years of my chairmanship. Personally I have engaged Swann primarily to assist in identifying potential non-executive directors. The results have been very good, and Swann have always acted with the utmost professionalism, including excellent levels of communication. I highly recommend them.

I have known and worked with Swann for almost two decades. Over that period I have gained a deep appreciation for their understanding of the natural resources sector, together with their knowledge of the requirements for successful placement across multiple levels. It’s also clear their global connectivity means they can access deep talent pools but with a degree of intimacy that the larger players find more challenging.

It was a true pleasure dealing with Swann – very thorough, discreet, committed to finding the best candidates, and they took the time to understand the required key skills and personal attributes of the role for which we were recruiting. They were also flexible and importantly, very patient – we never felt rushed into making a decision. I know it may sound cliché but in an industry which is mostly “transactional”, our initial dealing with Swann very much felt like the establishment of an enduring relationship.

I’ve been working with Swann in recruiting the right people for our worldwide mining businesses for as long as I can remember. An experienced, committed and reliable team of professionals indeed.

Most generalist search firms are box tickers with little in-depth knowledge of specific industry sectors. In my experience, Swann is exactly the opposite. They have very high-level links with senior executives and board members across the global mining sector, providing these individuals with forthright and farsighted views on trends in the industry and the issues affecting their own specific organisations. This puts Swann in a unique position to advise companies on appointments in the global mining industry; ever more relevant as the miners face seismic levels of challenge and disruption driven by the growing focus from investors on broad-based ESG issues.