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1 Sectors

Six sectors.
One value chain.
Covered end to end.

Distributed Generation and Utility-scale renewable energy across the United States and Germany. Within each sector, we place across the full business - finance, commercial, development, construction, engineering, project management, legal and leadership.

2 Where We Search
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Energy Storage

Energy storage recruitment for the fastest-scaling asset class in the market, requiring leaders who understand the full project lifecycle.

STANDALONE HYBRID

Serving operators and investors across the sector.

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Solar PV

Our deepest bench for solar executive search - from community solar portfolios to multi-gigawatt utility-scale platforms, on both sides of the Atlantic.

DG COMMUNITY UTILITY-SCALE ROOFTOP

Serving operators and investors across the sector.

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Wind

Wind executive search from established onshore portfolios to complex offshore projects - leadership that understands repowering economics, O&M and long-horizon capital.

ONSHORE OFFSHORE

Serving operators and investors across the sector.

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Fuel Cell Gas

Behind-the-meter and onsite power for customers that need greater power resilience - a market where commercial structuring talent is decisive.

DG ONSITE POWER

Serving operators and investors across the sector.

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Data Centres

Where energy meets digital infrastructure - powering hyperscale demand with firm, clean supply, and the deal-makers who structure it.

HYPERSCALE CO-LOCATION EDGE

Serving operators and investors across the sector.

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Power Grids

The bottleneck of the energy transition. Transmission, distribution and interconnection expertise is scarce - we know where it sits.

T&D INTERCONNECTION

Serving operators and investors across the sector.

3 FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Do you cover distributed and utility-scale solar?

Yes. Solar is the core of our practice, across distributed generation, community solar, commercial and industrial, and utility-scale. We advise on leadership appointments at developers, IPPs and platforms in each segment, where the commercial model, the capital structure and the leadership profile differ considerably.

Do you work with storage and grid businesses?

Yes. We search for leaders in energy storage, and in power grids, including transmission and distribution and interconnection. Both areas now sit close to the commercial centre of a renewable energy business, which shapes the profile of the leaders they need and the experience a board should look for.

Do you cover developers and their investors?

Yes. We work across the value chain, from the developers and IPPs that build and own assets to the private equity, credit, venture and infrastructure investors that fund them. Many appointments sit where the two meet, such as a platform CFO hired with its investor closely involved in the brief.

Do you work in Germany?

Yes. Alongside our US practice, we advise renewable energy businesses and investors in Germany on senior appointments. The approach is the same in both markets: partner-led, retained and discreet, ending in a calibrated shortlist rather than a long list of names.

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4 Next Steps

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