Executive search

BESS & Energy Storage Executive Search

Net Zero Search is a partner-led executive search firm for battery energy storage and BESS. We place development, commercial and optimisation leaders who turn storage pipelines into revenue for investors and operating companies across the UK, Europe and North America, with a 98% retained-to-fill rate and a first shortlist in two to four weeks.

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Roles we place

Leadership across the value chain.

How we're different

Built for the hires that can't go wrong.

Partner-led

The partner who wins your mandate runs it from brief to placement. 100% partner-delivered.

Sector-exclusive

We work only in energy storage and the wider energy transition, with networks built since 2010.

No junior hand-off

No researchers taking over after the pitch. The same expert stays on your search throughout.

Placement guarantee

Every retained mandate carries a placement guarantee, backed by a 98% retained-to-fill rate.

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FAQ

Common questions.

What is BESS executive search?

It's retained search for the leadership roles that turn a battery storage pipeline into a revenue-generating asset, development, EPC, asset management, investment, commercial, and increasingly trading and optimisation. We've delivered these searches since 2010.

Why is BESS hiring different from solar and wind hiring?

Storage assets make money through trading strategy and grid services, not just generation, so the leadership team needs commercial and route-to-market expertise that a standard renewables developer often doesn't have in-house. It's a narrower, more specialist talent pool than traditional renewable energy.

Which storage roles do you place?

C-Suite, Board Advisors, Snr Directors and department heads for development, EPC, commercial, asset management and optimisation leads, and the route-to-market and trading talent that makes a BESS project bankable rather than just built.

How fast is your shortlist?

Two to four weeks to a first shortlist, with 98% of retained searches filled.

Do you work with private equity-backed storage developers?

Yes, regularly. Most of our renewables mandates come from investors scaling a platform after acquisition, or standing up a platform around a founding team.