This diversified global seafood organization, like many others in its industry, faces a host of challenges, including diverse markets, region-specific operating risks, and others. When it was seeking to add greater management capability to its aquaculture unit (specifically, its wild-catch salmon farming operations), it turned to Kincannon & Reed. The assignment was an aquaculture executive search for a leader who could run a complex salmon farming operation inside a much larger seafood enterprise.
We went on a global expedition to find the best candidates, and ended up with a short list of professionals whose diversity reflected that of the industry itself. The candidate the client ultimately selected was a Canadian working for an American company in Chile. Among the other suitable professionals we located were an American working for a Norwegian employer in Tasmania, a Norwegian working for a Danish organization in Scotland, and a Netherlander working for a Norwegian company in Ireland. Finding leaders like these meant looking wherever salmon farming expertise actually sits, across borders and employers, rather than in a single market.
One of the key reasons we were able to find such a wide range of candidates was the experience of our principals, who look past resumes to see the success factors other firms can miss. For example, one principal had leadership experience at three large integrated poultry companies, an industry that shares some surprising similarities with salmon farming. Those insights let us ask the right questions and identify the professionals with the very best experience and cultural fit. It is the kind of cross-sector pattern recognition Kincannon & Reed brings to an aquaculture executive search.
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