Josh Foulkes
Founder
Leads every search. Ten years advising asset owners and operators on their critical hires.
Businesses we've delivered for across the energy & infrastructure ecosystem
Specialist search across the energy & infrastructure ecosystem.
Brought in when a hire is critical and the clock is running. A dedicated team, working in partnership with you, from leadership roles to the specialists who keep assets running.
Someone key has resigned. A new asset is coming online and needs a team around it. The plan depends on a hire who has to be in seat this quarter. Or a search has dragged on for months and the business is out of patience. That's when we get the call.
We put senior time behind every search from day one. The market is mapped in the first fortnight, the right people are approached directly, including those who aren't looking, and you see assessed candidates while most processes are still writing the advert.
Energy and infrastructure is where we specialise. We know who the people are at every level, and how to get them to the table.
Every search gets the whole team, working in close partnership with you to work out what's needed and get the right person in seat. No partner who pitches and then hands it to a junior.
Leads every search. Ten years advising asset owners and operators on their critical hires.
Runs the search day to day: the market map, the approaches and the shortlist.
Leads client engagement and the leadership community that keeps us close to the market.
Most search firms assess a candidate against the job spec. We assess them against the investment case, whichever side of it you sit on.
Search for the hires a business can't afford to get wrong, from the leadership team to the specialists the plan depends on.
The fund-side value creation engine. The people who steward the companies in the portfolio and turn thesis into realised returns across the hold.
On an urgent search nothing waits for the step before it. Mapping, approaches and assessment run side by side, so assessed candidates reach you in week two, you're interviewing by week three, and the offer goes out in week five. A weekly steering call keeps you inside the search throughout.
Solar, onshore and offshore wind, battery storage and flexible generation, energy from waste, bioenergy and hydrogen. Merchant exposure, route to market and the pace of build. The businesses that win are led by teams who can price risk and still move first.
Transmission and distribution, heat networks, water, waste and environmental services. Regulated returns and long-dated contracts reward operational discipline. The best teams sweat the asset base, hold the compliance line, and still find the growth.
Airports and aviation services, ports, rail, road and logistics infrastructure. Long concession lives, heavy capital programmes, and a service that has to run every day regardless. Leadership here is judged on delivery under public scrutiny as much as on margin.
Data centres, fibre and towers. Demand is compounding faster than capacity can be built. Leadership decides who delivers at pace without dropping availability, and who is still integrating the last acquisition when the next one lands.
Manufacturing and engineering groups, operations and maintenance providers, EPC and specialist contractors, technical advisory and facilities management. No balance sheet full of assets, and exactly the same problem: margin, utilisation, contract renewal, and someone capable of running it well.