# Sam Allen Associates

## Profile

- Verified: no
- Claimed: no
- City: Leamington Spa

> **Profile-provided description**
> Sam Allen Associates \(SAA\) is a boutique Board services firm with the expertise, tenacity and reach of a global search firm.  We have a strong track record of working successfully with a wide range of FTSE, private and private-equity backed businesses and have developed relationships at Board level across a broad range of sectors including consumer goods, retail, retail banking, telecommunications, digital, transport, leisure, insurance, healthcare, utilities and sport. 
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> We work with international clients to appoint critical hires including Chairs, Non-Executive Directors, c-suite Executives. Our main areas of business are:
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> Board and Executive Search
> 
> We partner with clients in the UK and internationally, to appoint Chairs, Non-Executive Directors and c-suite Executive Committee members. 
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> Board Effectiveness Reviews 
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> We have a track record of working successfully with clients to lead external Board Effectiveness Reviews.  We partner with key stakeholders to reach a practical action plan that provokes reflection and challenge.
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> Succession Planning and Assessment 
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> We help our clients to understand and develop their existing talent, providing an external perspective to help benchmark against strategic drivers. SAA is qualified to lead a range of assessment tools. 
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> Referencing
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> We help our clients to “de-risk” critical hiring decisions through extensive due diligence. Hiring the wrong people is extremely costly in terms of money, time, reputational damage and the disruption to a company’s strategy. We provide comprehensive and meticulous referencing on individuals, gaining the confidential opinions of their superiors, peers, clients, ex colleagues and other informed market intermediaries. Referencing supports the selection process and can help identify areas to address in “on boarding”. We consider a candidate’s impact on a company’s long term performance as a measure of our own success.

### Industries
- Executive Search

### Roles
- C-Suite, Board & Trustees
- CEO
- CFO
- Chair
- CHRO
- NED
- Trustee

### Coverage
- north\_east
- north\_west
- yorkshire\_humber
- east\_midlands
- west\_midlands
- east\_of\_england
- greater\_london
- south\_east
- south\_west
- channel\_islands
- scotland
- wales
- northern\_ireland

### Seniority coverage
- director\_executive
- board\_c\_suite

## Ratings
- Overall displayed rating: 5.0/5
- Displayed review count: 3
- Google rating: 5.0/5
- Google review count: 3

## Companies House summary
- Status: Unknown

## Public links
- [Website](https://www.samallen.co.uk/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sam-allen-associates/about/)

## User-generated opinion
### Google review
- Source: Google
- Rating: 5.0/5
- Date: 2019-04-15
> User-generated opinion
> It was such a pleasure working with Allen and Associates. It was quick and easy to get interesting temporary work in a friendly organisation. Kate and Ben were wonderful and only sent me relevant job opportunities; they really seemed to understand the work I needed at the time.

### Google review
- Source: Google
- Rating: 5.0/5
- Date: 2019-02-13
> User-generated opinion
> Exceptional company and exceptional client-service from Kate\! Really refreshing to work with a company that are honest from the get go and really listens to their clients needs.
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> Would recommend to any business which requires recruitment assistance or candidates looking for their next placement

### Google review
- Source: Google
- Rating: 5.0/5
- Date: 2018-12-07
> User-generated opinion
> I can not thank Ben and Kate enough. They provided exceptional service, and ensured my needs were listened to. Unlike some other recruitment agencies, they were never pushy and put their client first. Thank you to both of you.

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