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When Alan Brown moved into the oil industry he was struck by one factor – inefficiency
As the former chief executive of FTSE 100 firms Rentokil and Unilever’s China and Taiwan operations, Alan Brown is more than familiar with challenges.
In fact, he claims to thrive on them.
But when he came in as the head of global oilfield services company Asco at the height of the downturn he faced a fresh round of tests – bringing the private equity backed business up to speed as the market sought to stabilise in a lower for longer price environment.
When Mr Brown’s appointment was made in December 2014 the oil price had already dipped 40% below the highs of June that year.
So the first gauntlet was thrown down pretty quickly – weather the storm while others die.
One of the first things Mr Brown tells me at the company’s Peterhead base was how he was “amazed” at the inefficiency of the oil and gas industry.
This remains high on his list of priorities – like many survivors of the downturn,
