I recently caught up with Henry Thornalley at Fendahl. It had been quite a while since we last talked and he explained that both he and Fendahl had been extremely busy. A high point of note was Fendahl’s continued success in North America in the gas and oil arena where he said it had closed several more new deals and expected to do several more. He also pointed to South America as an active market for the vendor currently and told me that he thought Europe had also picked up with more possible bids and deals emerging – even some big names in the business. In fact, he saw quite a few very large opportunities in the market at the moment. He also said that Australia and the middle East were very active but that Singapore had been a bit quiet. “There is lots going on,” he told me. One point Henry made – and others have said similar – is that the Trump election appeared to have had a positive effect – especially on oil and gas. Perhaps it was in part, the surety of knowing who won and in part, the Trump administration’s commitment to oil and gas.… continue reading