Rethinking Talent

Global Head of Workplace / Property, Fleet & Travel - London

Brattle Cameron was engaged at board level, with the requirement to source a progressive leader who would transform the existing operating model of the CRE team.

This would include significantly enhancing performance, driving value from the internal team supply chain partners, foster innovation & customer connectivity throughout all service lines, as well as embracing digital opportunities and ensuring exceptional sustainability performance.

The ideal candidate would have the potential to grow well beyond the workplace/ property environment into a broader Enterprise Services role. Diversity was an extremely important criteria.

We produced a truly diverse shortlist, guiding the client and the ultimate candidate to a successful conclusion.

The appointed candidate's influence has grown significantly since taking on the role and she is widely recognised as one of the most exciting talents in our sector.

Global Financial Services Group

Global Head of Colleague Experience - London

Our client was embarking on a significant global transformation of its physical footprint. It was migrating to lower cost locations in all key regions and consolidating into new campus-style facilities, which would deliver an enhanced colleague experience to the business.

There was the need to complement the existing leadership team with someone who could curate and deliver its global colleague experience; defining the strategy, producing the business cases, ensuring delivery and adoption across the global footprint while taking account of cultural differences and the unique requirements of each location.

Identified and delivered an exceptional leader and expert in this field, who sat completely outside of the corporate (residential) world. She operating at board level with a background of service delivery excellence spanning multiple sectors on a local, regional and global basis.

Global Media Company

Global Head of Design & Construction - New York

Following a period of rapid growth and a shift from a regional to a global operating model, this client identified, at board level, the need for a global leader and SME who could oversee these critical functions.

The requirement was for improved governance, controls and commercial oversight, whilst driving innovation, embracing technology and data and creating a more sophisticated global platform.

Strong desire for candidates to have experience operating in agile, fluid, growing global environments.

Delivered at pace a diverse shortlist of candidates across the globe, all of whom met or exceeded the expectations of the client.

Global Technology Company

EMEA Head of Workplace / Property & Facilities - USA

A US-based client approached us having completed their own search for this role, frustrated at the lack of diverse regional leaders on their shortlist and asking for assistance.

Within three weeks we pulled together a shortlist of five candidates that met their criteria, ultimately working with them to appoint one of them into the role.

Global Real Estate Services Company

CEO, EMEA Corporate Services - USA

Initially engaged by global CEO in the US to confidentially map the market and identify exceptional talent.

Having delivered the research and market insights, we were instructed to confidentially approach specific targets not known to the client and determine interest and suitability.

All candidates were already highly successful business leaders not looking for a move before our approach.

Successfully appointed the preferred candidate who subsequently was promoted into the Global CEO role.

Market Leading Oil & Gas Group

Global Head of Facilities Management - UK

This was a confidential project born out of a global consulting assignment and a shift in operating model within the Group Property function. The business identified a requirement for a new role as the global strategy / centre of excellence leader to ensure an optimal and consistent approach to service delivery across the globe.
This was a highly complex environment going through significant transformation with a requirement to source a progressive leader who would transform the existing Operating Model, lead the evaluation, procurement and performance management of appropriate supply chain partner/s and drive innovation and customer connectivity throughout all service lines and ensure exceptional Sustainability performance.

We delivered a diverse shortlist that exceeded client expectations and guided the client and the ultimate candidate to a successful conclusion. The successful candidate has already made a significant impact internally and she is highly respected in the external market.

Global Financial Services Firm

Global Head of Energy, Environment & Sustainability - London

Engaged by the Global Head of Business/ Shared Services, this client has an ambition to transform their business in this area and become recognised as a market leader in their field. They had managed their own recruitment process via internal resources without success, before turning to us to manage a global search. They sought a visionary leader, with proven credentials in developing and delivering global Sustainability & Environmental strategies which generate tangible outputs in complex regulated and commercial environments. In addition, the successful candidate was responsible for building and implementing a governance framework and performance management matrix for these functions, building in appropriate benchmarking data so the client could accurately report at Board level on progress. This was a key strategic appointment recognising the increasing criticality and external profile of these functions in the global business environment.

Delivered a global shortlist of diverse candidates which the client was delighted with and guided the client and the ultimate candidate to a successful conclusion. This process was made more challenging as the vast majority of the recruitment process had to be managed remotely due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Global Financial Services Firm

Research Consultancy: Global Operating Model Review

Engaged by the Global Head of Business/ Shared Services seeking to understand how competitors and related corporates structure the broad Real Estate Services and Location/ Workforce Strategy functions as part of an organisational planning and transformation process. There was no immediate requirement to hire off the back of this process, although the client was curious to understand where the market leading talent resided in some key functions/ locations for future reference.

There was the need to complement the existing leadership team with someone who could curate and deliver its global colleague experience; defining the strategy, producing the business cases, ensuring delivery and adoption across the global footprint while taking account of cultural differences and the unique requirements of each location.

Delivered a comprehensive and very well received research report which became an important component of the clients business case for organisational change.

Global Technology Firm

Research Consultancy: Diversity Upgrade

This highly respected market leading technology firm requested our assistance in identifying and attracting a global pipeline of diverse talent across all functions within it’s broad Real Estate, Facilities and Workplace functions.

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