JON MARTIN & ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Based in Toronto, Charlene Davis provides research, recruitment, and talent advisory services to human capital firms and leaders. Charlene has over 20 years of experience in executive search primarily focused on mining & metals, industrial goods & services, and other asset-intensive industries.
Prior to founding Davis Resources Inc., she spent 15 years with Russell Reynolds Associates where she was a member of the Industrial & Natural Resources Sector and led the research function for the firms global Mining & Metals practice. In addition, she most recently held a leadership role managing the research team in Canada. Through her extensive client work, she has developed expertise in large-scale operations, capital projects and financial officers' functional areas.
Charlene began her career with a U.S.-based contract consulting organization specializing in the recruitment of engineers and technology professionals.
Charlene was educated at Carleton University, majoring in mass communications.
Greg Cowling is based in London and leads London Search Associates, a boutique international board and executive search firm focusing on the global natural resources sector. For the last decade, Greg was a Partner in two large global executive search firms, leading their natural resources practices in London.
In Greg's earlier career he was appointed to the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit in the Cabinet Office, advising on all aspects of U.K. government policy towards London. As Director of Consulting at KPMG and E&Y over 10 years, Greg delivered on the transformation of technology and industrial clients worldwide. Greg started his career in research & development with MetalBox (now Crown Inc.) and prior to that in the U.K. nuclear power industry.
Greg has a Bachelor of Science (with Honours) in the Special Engineering Program from Brunel University and also studied with Henley Management College, U.K. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Chartered Engineer and serves on the Professional Review Committee for the Institution. Greg also speaks French and Russian.
Joe Saliba is based in Melbourne and works with clients in all areas of the industrial and mining community. With more than 20 years of experience in executive search and advisory, Joe started Saliba Advisory to support boards of directors and C-suite decision makers on leadership selection and succession in the global industrial & natural resources sector.
Joe is a former partner and co-leader of the Global Mining & Metals Practice and APAC/Australian Industrial Sector Lead at Russell Reynolds Associates. His practice focuses on board and senior executive search, assessment and leadership advisory projects in the mining & metals, energy, infrastructure, and other related asset-intensive global industries. He has a deep knowledge of executives across asset optimization, resource development, operations, capital projects and other senior technical roles.
Joe has an MBA from the University of Melbourne, a Master of Engineering Science, as well as a Bachelor of Engineering, Monash University
Neil Martin is based in Sydney and has worked in the executive search profession in Australia since 1995. He has been a partner in major international firms since 2000, before setting up his own firm in board and executive search in 2013. Over this period, he has undertaken Board, CEO and senior executive searches for a wide range of natural resources sector clients, many of which represented multiple senior searches across global markets. Neil has also worked extensively in the board search market in Australia and internationally.
Earlier in his career, Neil worked in strategy and organisational consulting with PA Consulting Group and Pappas Carter Evans & Koop. He started his business career with Royal Dutch Shell.
Neil has an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management and a BA (Economics) from Harvard University.
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For over 25 years, Tom has successfully led board and senior executive mandates across a wide range of industries, including mining and the broader industrial and natural resources sector.
In 1990, he joined Egon Zehnder International as it entered the Canadian market. In his 17 years with the firm, he played a central role in establishing EZI as a Canadian market leader in senior executive and board of director search. During the early 2000s, Tom also spent three years as a partner with Monitor Company active in both its strategy and private equity work. More recently, he was a partner with Russell Reynolds Associates, focusing his work in the global CEO and board practice, before starting his own firm in 2014.
Since the mid-1990s, Tom served as a trustee and director of the University Health Network, Hospital for Sick Children and Sick Kids Foundation (the latter as Vice Chair). He has also been actively involved in provincial and federal politics, including chairing successful provincial campaigns and the founding convention for a new national political party.
A graduate of The University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law, Tom is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada.