who we are
About Swann & Skein
Swann can boast four decades of extensive experience in the natural resources, energy, and infrastructure sectors across the globe. Our team of experts use their in depth knowledge to apply insight and innovation to strengthen your leadership team.
In this world where there is more uncertainty, the next five years will be more demanding than the last thirty. Swann & Skein are well positioned to help you face these increasingly demanding challenges.
Research and Insight
Swann has forty years’ experience of providing clients with the required information from our research programmes.
Executive and Board Search
Connecting Visionary Leadership with Strategic Opportunity in a rapidly changing world full of potential.
Team & Individual Development
We work at the intersection of executive leadership, organisational culture, and operational performance.
Advising the leaders of today;
Finding the leaders of tomorrow
What our Clients think of our work
“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 with a degree of intimacy that the larger players find more challenging.”
“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 trend 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.”
“CF Minerals was extremely satisfied with the Skein leadership skill training programme we undertook. It was designed to up-skill our local Philippine supervisors and team leaders in leadership and communication, particularly in engaging with expat managers. Implemented in the wake of COVID-related travel restrictions, which disrupted the movement of expat staff, the programme had a timely and lasting positive impact on our company’s culture and performance. It contributed to a reduction in expat numbers, a steady increase in profits, and stronger local leadership. Its success is evident, with several participants being headhunted by major international mining companies. Given that 30% of FCF’s workforce are women, Skein also handled sensitive gender and cultural issues effectively, helping participants become more assertive, accountable, and responsible. Overall, the programme has significantly improved team performance across the business. I have no hesitation in recommending this Skein training programme.”
“Swann has provided excellent advice and service to Newcrest Mining Ltd in the six years of my chairmanship. I have engaged with 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.”
"Skein assisted the Mining Division of Trafigura, with an assessment and coaching of its senior executive team. The experience was great! It felt refreshing and enriching. We consider ourselves a high-performing team, but we had never taken the time to look at ourselves, at the way we interact between ourselves and with the operations we manage, and reflect on what we could do differently. Skein’s principals, Kate and Tom, are very experienced and their methodology was well adapted to the seniority of the team".
"“We chose Skein because their proposed approach closely matched our objectives and expectations. We felt confident they could make our management team a more effective unit perfectly aligned with our goals. Skein helped us to put our finger on the issues we suspected were undermining team cohesion and effectiveness but were unable to surface. Together, we identified the individual and collective causes of misalignment, and the measures we could take to overcome them.”
"The team at Skein are professional, energetic, industry leaders in their field and bring a very good balance of humanistic leadership and industry knowledge to their training base to achieve what I would say is the best leadership program I have implemented in over 25 years as a mining professional."
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