Griffin Global

About 

Seeking an active minority investor, marine travel services manager Griffin Global worked with Inflexion for five years to create a multinational company before its sale to ATPI. 

Griffin is the global market leader in the provision of specialist travel services to the marine and offshore industries, arranging travel for crews rotating onto merchant ships and oil rigs. The business was founded in 1977 and had 750 staff at exit across 32 offices in 22 countries. 

Value acceleration 

The initial focus was on integrating the fragmented structure of the company, including buying in joint venture arrangements in Hong Kong and Manila. We then worked closely with the management team to improve operations, including handling succession issues and helping to create robust, professional management structures to support growth. We also helped Griffin to create a single global IT platform, increase its offshore market share and develop an innovative new service. Together we recruited several new senior members of staff for key regional offices to support growth in new product areas and countries.