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Leadership for Complex Energy Markets

Executive Search for renewable energy, power and climate infrastructure across Africa, the United Kingdom and frontier markets.

We help investors, boards and growth platforms appoint leaders who deliver results in complex, high-growth environments.

Service: Executive Search

Leadership for Complex Energy Markets

Executive Search for renewable energy, power and climate infrastructure across Africa, the United Kingdom and frontier markets.

We help investors, boards and growth platforms appoint leaders who deliver results in complex, high-growth environments.

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Executive Search Built on Market Insight

Leadership appointments require more than a traditional recruitment process.

Through our daily engagement with the renewable energy and infrastructure sectors, we build first-hand knowledge of the industry's leaders, their leadership styles and their track records. This market intelligence complements our structured assessment methodology, allowing us to identify exceptional candidates with confidence.

The result is a highly targeted shortlist, a robust and defensible search process, and leadership appointments that support your organisation's long-term strategic objectives.

Send a confidential email to start your executive search process in the UK or Africa.

Leadership appointments require more than a traditional recruitment process.

The result is a highly targeted shortlist, a robust and defensible search process, and leadership appointments that support your organisation's long-term strategic objectives.

Send a confidential email to start your executive search process in the UK or Africa.

Executive Search UK

Executive Search Africa

Priscilla Gibson

Associate Director: Executive Search Lead

United Kingdom

Connect

Kerryn Calitz

Head of Recruitment

South Africa

Connect

100+

Senior mandates delivered

Across Africa and frontier markets

560+

Global search partners

Independent search firms across 60+ countries

95%

Offer acceptance rate

Well above industry benchmarks

100%

Retention with onboarding support

Structured integration for long-term success

Why Executive Appointments Fail

Context

Leaders often underestimate the complexity of operating
environments.

Stakeholders

Success depends on balancing investors, lenders, governments, regulators and communities.

Judgement

Critical decisions are made with incomplete information and competing priorities.

Our Assessment Methodology

Contextual Leadership & Judgement (CLJ) Framework

Contextual Judgement

• Situational diagnosis

• Trade-off quality

• Decisions under constraint

Results & Consequence

• Outcome Delivery

• Sustainability of Results

• Accountability & Ownership

Culture & Power

• Role Modelling

• Trust & Safety

• Power & Ethics

Contextual Judgement

• Self-Awareness

• Learning Agility

• Resilience Under Pressure

Executive Search Assignments

REAL CHALLENGES. STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS. MEASURABLE IMPACT.

1

BUILDING EXECUTION CAPABILITY

Pan-African IPP

CHALLENGE

Newly merged IPP lacked internal execution capability.

OUR ROLE

Designed the execution function, defined roles & built the inaugural PMO team.

OUTCOME

16 appointments including an experienced Execution Director.

3

DRIVING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Investment Manager

CHALLENGE

Evolving regulations & cyber risk required digital leadership & capability uplift.

OUR ROLE

Assessed needs, designed the corporate wide digital competency framework.

OUTCOME

Secured a technology leader to drive digital transformation, cybersecurity & regulatory readiness.

5

TRANSFORMING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

C&I Platform | GM Operations

CHALLENGE

Low project conversion & fragmented operational systems.

OUR ROLE

Redesigned operating model & defined leadership to improve performance.

OUTCOME

Appointed a GM Operations who improved conversion & implemented scalable systems.

2

PREPARING FOR INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH

Climate Investment Manager | COO

CHALLENGE

Rapid growth required stronger governance & organisational maturity.

OUR ROLE

Strengthened governance frameworks & defined leadership requirements across the platform.

OUTCOME

Appointed a COO who scaled governance, operational discipline & investor confidence.

4

UNLOCKING CAPITAL FOR GROWTH

Renewable Energy Developer

CHALLENGE

Limited fundraising capability & complex capital requirements.

OUR ROLE

Strengthened capital strategy & defined investor-facing leadership requirements.

OUTCOME

Appointed a CFO who unlocked institutional capital for larger projects.

6

NAVIGATING MARKET EVOLUTION

Energy Trading Platform

CHALLENGE

Transition to trading model required new capabilities & leadership.

OUR ROLE

Co-designed the operating model & identified critical leadership for the new platform.

OUTCOME

Secured a commercial leader to build a market-leading trading capability.

1

BUILDING EXECUTION CAPABILITY

Pan-African IPP

CHALLENGE

Newly merged IPP lacked internal execution capability.

OUR ROLE

Designed the execution function, defined roles & built the inaugural PMO team.

OUTCOME

16 appointments including an experienced Execution Director.

2

PREPARING FOR INSTITUTIONAL GROWTH

Climate Investment Manager | COO

CHALLENGE

Rapid growth required stronger governance & organisational maturity.

OUR ROLE

Strengthened governance frameworks & defined leadership requirements across the platform.

OUTCOME

Appointed a COO who scaled governance, operational discipline & investor confidence.

3

DRIVING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Investment Manager

CHALLENGE

Evolving regulations & cyber risk required digital leadership & capability uplift.

OUR ROLE

Assessed needs, designed the corporate wide digital competency framework.

OUTCOME

Secured a technology leader to drive digital transformation, cybersecurity & regulatory readiness.

4

UNLOCKING CAPITAL FOR GROWTH

Renewable Energy Developer

CHALLENGE

Limited fundraising capability & complex capital requirements.

OUR ROLE

Strengthened capital strategy & defined investor-facing leadership requirements.

OUTCOME

Appointed a CFO who unlocked institutional capital for larger projects.

5

TRANSFORMING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE

C&I Platform | GM Operations

CHALLENGE

Low project conversion & fragmented operational systems.

OUR ROLE

Redesigned operating model & defined leadership to improve performance.

OUTCOME

Appointed a GM Operations who improved conversion & implemented scalable systems.

6

NAVIGATING MARKET EVOLUTION

Energy Trading Platform

CHALLENGE

Transition to trading model required new capabilities & leadership.

OUR ROLE

Co-designed the operating model & identified critical leadership for the new platform.

OUTCOME

Secured a commercial leader to build a market-leading trading capability.

Assignments

Our Executive Search assignments have included:

Chief Executive Officers and Managing Directors

Country Managers and Regional Directors

Chief Financial Officers and Finance Directors

Chief Investment Officers and Investment Directors

Development Directors

Commercial Directors

Engineering and Technical Directors

Construction and Project Directors

Operations and Asset Management Directors

General Counsel and senior legal leadership

ESG, sustainability and impact leadership

Non-executive directors and board appointments