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Client Testimonials
OUR CLIENTS
STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE
Tanet Phanichewa
MD, Weng Group - leading Thai industrial minerals supplier with diversified infrastructure interests
INDEPENDENT
“AWR Lloyd is an independent boutique firm. They provide a flexible, discrete and tailored service. Some of their competitors are part of bigger groups with a risk of potential conflicts, agendas and leaks”
Strategic Intelligence Manager
One of the largest Middle Eastern NOCs (National Oil Company)
UNDERSTANDING
“AER [division of AWR Lloyd] helped Hess to understand the electricity market in Malaysia and Thailand and so better understand the needs of our gas customers”
Phil Marlow
Commercial Manager, Hess (2008) - US-based international integrated O&G group.
MARKET INSIGHTS
“Thailand Industrial Gases, a fully‐owned subsidiary of The Linde Group, employed AWR Lloyd to engage in a long term power contract negotiation with a power supplier in Map Ta Phut Industrial Park. Not only did AWR Lloyd provide us with detailed market insights and advise us on market norms, it also added significant value by advising us on the terms and conditions of long term PPAs in Thailand. This paved the way for a smooth negotiation with our power supplier.”
Rick Lai
Head of Asia, Energy Group, The Linde Group - world-leading gases and engineering company
TRANSFORMATION
“AWR Lloyd revamped our strategic IR and communications program. They helped us communicate our strategy more effectively and improve the quality of our quarterly analyst presentations, press releases and other communication materials. They also gave us useful advice on best practice management systems to assist us in our transformation to all our stakeholders”
Kasama Punyagupta
CEO, The Erawan Group PLC (2008) - Thailand’s leading luxury hotel group
INNOVATIVE
“AWR Lloyd provided support over a number of years helping us relaunch our investor relations program and raise capital through a private placement. The firm provides an excellent boutique corporate finance service: innovative, customized and value-focused”
Hubert Viriot
Former CEO of Raimon Land - Thailand's leading luxury real estate company, listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand; current CEO of Yotel, part of IFA Hotels & Resorts, a leading Kuwait-based global real estate and hotels group
M&A ADVICE FROM A TO Z
“It is great to have such an able independent M&A advisor like AWR Lloyd in the region. The firm helped us from A to Z, from longlisting targets, collecting information & intelligence for shortlisting, approaching the priority target, getting the deal on the table and all the follow-on professional works till the closing. AWR Lloyd know where to focus and how to guide their clients for successful deal sourcing and closing transactions. With the firm’s professional advice, we feel comfortable in pursuing investment in the region.”
DC Choi
Senior Deputy Director, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency - a state-funded trade and investment promotion organization operated by the Government of South Korea.
TECHNICAL COMPETENCE, PROFESSIONALISM
“AWR Lloyd was our sell side advisor, who brought a Korean strategic investor to acquire 99,4% of our Company in 2017. Throughout the process, AWR Lloyd demonstrated a high level of technical competence and professionalism with a dedicated local team. AWR Lloyd helped improve the deal valuation and ironed out some major issues to build trust between parties so the deal could be closed successfully within a short period of time. We are now working with the AWR Lloyd team on a number of pipeline deals for our clients and we have been very happy so far.”
Mac Quang Huy
CEO, Maritime Securities Incorporation – one of the main investment banking and securities firms in Vietnam and part of of KB Securities and KB Financial Group (Korea)
HANDS-ON
“AWR Lloyd provides hands-on, flexible and full service teams where key members are typically based in the country of focus. Many companies, including ours prefer this to the formalized fly-in fly-out senior relationship officer type arrangements available from other investment banks and consulting groups”
William Stone
CEO, Star Petroleum Refining Company, Chevron's Thai refining subsidiary listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand and CEO of Singapore Refining Co, a joint venture between Chevron and Singapore Petroleum Company, a subsidiary of PetroChina
INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE
“AWR Lloyd has helped us conduct a number of feasibility studies in the midstream and downstream oil and petrochemical sectors in Vietnam over the years. They have extensive industry knowledge and on-the-ground insights that few of their competitors have”
Shin Yong Kyu
General Director, PetroVietnam Oil Stockpile Co - underground oil and gas rock cavern and strategic petroleum reserves company, Vietnam
ACTIONABLE ADVICE
“Businesses cannot be shut down while changes occur. AWR Lloyd is low-key, discrete and aims to get to actionable recommendations with minimal disruption”
Pattaralada Sa-ngasang
SVP - Financial Planning, Thaioil, PTT's flagship refining and petrochemicals company, listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand
INITIATIVE
“An AWR Lloyd initiative culminated in the listing of Felix Resources in 2003. Since then AWR Lloyd has advised Felix on major M&A and strategy assignments which have seen the company growth from a market capitalization of A$50 million in 2003 to A$800 million today”
Ian McCauley
Chairman, Felix Resources (2007) -ASX listed coal mining and exploration company; acquired by Yanzhou Coal in 2009
SHARE PRICE GROWTH
“AWR Lloyd has worked closely with Banpu… The firm has helped us to think about our strategy in terms of shareholder value and has worked with us to improve our investor relations program… Since 2000, Banpu has been able to achieve strong and sustainable share price growth”
Chanin Vongkusolkit
Chairman, Banpu PLC - Asia’s most geographically diverse coal group with interests in power, renewables, O&G and smart energy.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENTS
“I want to thank you for all your efforts in helping PTBA over the last three years as your insightful comments were very useful to us … in improving various aspects of our business”
R.A.Sunardi
President Director, PT Bukit Asam (2000) – Indonesia’s state owned coal producer.