Net Zero Search is a partner-led executive search firm for the energy transition and digital infrastructure. We place CEOs, board members and senior leaders 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.
Book a Partner CallThe partner who wins your mandate runs it from brief to placement. 100% partner-delivered.
We work only in the energy transition and digital infrastructure, with networks built since 2010.
No researchers taking over after the pitch. The same expert stays on your search throughout.
Every retained mandate carries a placement guarantee, backed by a 98% retained-to-fill rate.
It's retained search for the leadership roles that decide whether an energy transition business actually executes. CEOs, Chairs, and the functional heads underneath them. Net Zero Search has worked exclusively in this space since 2010, and every mandate is run by a Managing Partner rather than a research team.
The candidate pool is smaller and the credibility bar is higher. A generalist search firm can source broadly for a CFO but will not know your sector. E.g. Finding a CFO who has actually raised Project Finance or dealt with Tax Equities or a Merchant trading model for a renewable energy IPP is a different exercise, and it's the one we specialise in.
Two to four weeks to a first shortlist, on average, and 98% of our retained searches are filled rather than quietly dropped.
North America, UK, Europe, Middle East and APAC, for both investors and operating companies. Where the mandate sits, one of our Managing Partners covers it personally rather than passing it to a regional office.
Retained search means one firm is engaged exclusively, paid in stages, and accountable for the outcome. Contingent means several agencies are racing for the same brief and only get paid if they win, which often produces a low quality service to client and candidate. We only work retained.