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Trowers down to one associate in Saudi office

A truly fascinating article. The Saudi office was bound to fail and T&H is probably better off without it. It was set up on the cheap, lacked a partner presence and was never seriously engaged by Amison, the so-called head of the international department. Amison's endless reference to Saudi projects sums up his knowledge of the Saudi operation, which was entirely a third-tier corporate/commercial practice. More interesting is Amison's current position. The gossip around London is that there was a vote at a T&H management committee meeting in March in favour of closing the office. It would have been a shock to some of those on the committee to even learn that there was a Saudi office. Presumably the only reason that the committee's decision has not been implemented in full is fear of more bad publicity. The Jeddah closure seems to have started a chorus of disapproval about the management and direction of the firm that the management at T&H cannot silence. The result is a complete farce. The Saudi office exists on paper but receives no instructions from T&H. Saudi work is being done by the silos in Bahrain, Dubai and London with no co-ordination whatsoever. Mutawi may be able to bring Bahrain and Dubai together, but he has no brief for London. I say good luck to them. The real problems at T&H appear to be centred around a lack of energy and clear focused strategy at ownership level. It is time to go for a number of the more senior players and the sooner that Adlington and Amison in particular move on the better.

13-Sep-2011

10:58 am