The solar industry has been a core market for Hyperion since our inception. Years ago, before the boom of solar technology, our CEO and Founder David Hunt and COO Ross Hoare, built and scaled a multi-award-winning solar installation business. The sector has experienced significant growth, challenges, and changes over the last decade. It remains the backbone of the clean energy transition.

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Over the last 20 years, the Energy Storage and grid services industry has continued to evolve, adapt, and innovate in response to the increasing challenges of the clean energy transition, and the demands that places on the grid. It has seen many advances in technology (greater capacity, energy density, durability), and in the multiple chemistries, materials and scales and applications of solutions. This has created a massive demand to hire top talent across an array of storage and grid technologies in both hardware and software/services.

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The evolution of the electrification of transport and Future Mobility landscape has been significant over the last five years, driven by many factors including purchase incentives for Evs, the availability of options, massive growth in charging infrastructure and strict government policies towards the banning of ICE vehicle sales. Across hardware, software and services we have supported a myriad of VC backed start-ups to scale, as well as larger organisations developing their future mobility offerings.

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The concept of 'Smart Cities' has gained significant importance in recent years as urban areas face increasing challenges related to population growth, resource management, and environmental sustainability. Smart cities and smart buildings leverage cutting-edge technologies such as IoT, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and a host of renewable and sustainable technologies to enhance the quality of urban living and transportation. These technologies enable more efficient management of resources, improved public services, and better connectivity, ultimately leading to a higher standard of living and sustainability. By optimizing infrastructure, clean technologies and services, smart cities can reduce energy consumption, minimize waste, and create more sustainable urban environments.

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We have an unmatched ability to discover and attract outstanding candidates for strategically import hires, especially C-Suite, leadership and senior roles. Our network and reach extends across Europe, North America and beyond, thanks to our deep insight into the cleantech sector. We have particular expertise in Solar, Energy Storage, Future Mobility and Smart Buildings.&nbsp;We guide our clients through the entire hiring journey and cultivate long-term relationships that last for years.This includes with our partners in Venture Capital and Private Equity funds active in the cleantech ecosystem.

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We&rsquo;re a client-focused executive search firm, yet we place equal value upon the relationships we have with our candidates.The vast majority of the candidates we work with and help are not actively on the job market and are not seeking a new challenge. They are busy doing the best they can for their present employer. Usually, they will have a frustration or two that isn&rsquo;t being addressed in their workplace. It could be lack of career development or growth opportunity, or it could be the products, services, or management they are working with. It could be any number of things, and while not &lsquo;actively&rsquo; looking for a new role they are open to hearing about great opportunities.

All good candidates that are focused on their career are open to hear about great opportunities, it is about the right opportunity at the right time. Of course sometimes things happen that are unforeseen &ndash; redundancies, relocations, dramatic changes in working conditions, that move a candidate from &lsquo;passive&rsquo; to &lsquo;active&rsquo;. Of course, we work with these candidates too, doing our best to find them better opportunities with our clients.

At Hyperion Executive Search we respect the fact that the candidates we approach may not be ready to move at this time, or maybe not for the role we initially had in mind. The key thing is we listen. Listen to your frustrations, listen to your motivations, listen to your &lsquo;ideal&rsquo; working environment, and when we have something that we feel might suit, we&rsquo;ll contact you. The right opportunity may take a week, a month, or a year, but we&rsquo;ll stay in touch, build a genuine relationship, and work with you. Sadly, too many recruiters see a good candidate only as a &lsquo;fee&rsquo;, we see them as people; people with their own dreams and aspirations, just as we have.

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At Hyperion we have over a decade of experience helping our clients to find and hire strategically important hires, and even build full teams. Whilst Board, C-Suite and other leadership and senior roles are the majority of our placements, we have a particular skill and track record of hiring 'first boots on the ground' for our clients as they internationalise. Again, often helping to build out that team. We have successfully helped our clients to hire in seventeen countries to date.Our executive search service is so effective largely due to our passion for and knowledge of the clean technology industry, combined with our extensive global network of contacts and candidates, built over a decade in the sector.&nbsp;We help our clients to define job descriptions, and locations where required, we feed our wealth of data into helping benchmark salaries and packages, and gain a deep insight into the culture of their business before we embark on a search. We then work tirelessly to provide a diverse, thoroughly screened and qualified shortlist. We communicate at every stage of the process, and provide support through the entire process, to the chosen candidate walking through your door, and then when needed support with onboarding.Working closely with Venture Capital and Private Equity partners we also directly support their efforts to add to or improve the Board or Leadership teams of their portfolio companies.&nbsp;

We spend our lives &lsquo;in&rsquo; the industry; day in and day out we are speaking to clients, contacts and candidates in the cleantech industry. We have an active role within the industry, regularly speaking at and attending key industry events, to ensure we find the very best candidates for our clients.While we keep every conversation confidential, it does mean we aggregate a huge amount of industry data, on market conditions, salary levels, activity levels, and candidate perceptions of your company. We use this data to help our clients define job briefs and to tailor a specific executive search campaign for each assignment.

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The solar industry has been a core market for Hyperion since our inception. Years ago, before the boom of solar technology, our CEO and Founder David Hunt and COO Ross Hoare, built and scaled a multi-award-winning solar installation business. The sector has experienced significant growth, challenges, and changes over the last decade. It remains the backbone of the clean energy transition. 

The solar industry has been a core market for Hyperion since our inception. Years ago, before the boom of solar technology, our CEO and Founder David Hunt and COO Ross Hoare, built and scaled a multi-award-winning solar installation business. The sector has experienced significant growth, challenges, and changes over the last decade. It remains the backbone of the clean energy transition. Our Executive Leadership team and our NEDs have been active in the sector, running businesses for some of the leading solar OEMs, Developers and EPCs across Europe and beyond. From modules, inverters and balance of systems to developers and asset design &amp; optimisation, we have experience in all areas of the solar value chain. The continued growth and expansion of the solar industry has created a massive demand to hire top leadership talent across the array of solar technologies and services. As experts in this industry, we at Hyperion Executive Search have been working with clients across the solar value chain.
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Our solar team is headed by Ross Hoare, COO
Ross is a highly reliable asset for us at Hyperion Executive Search, with over 13 years of experience in the renewable energy and cleantech sector. He has a thorough understanding of the technologies, processes and skills required to deliver complex renewable energy projects, which he accumulated while managing award-winning multi-technology installations. His specialist areas are in all aspects of solar PV, with a solid grounding in energy storage and e-mobility.
As a COO, he draws upon this wealth of experience and insight, helping our clients to recruit the very best talent available in the sector

Over the last 20 years, the Energy Storage and grid services industry has continued to evolve, adapt, and innovate in response to the increasing challenges of the clean energy transition, and the demands that places on the grid. It has seen many advances in technology (greater capacity, energy density, durability), and in the multiple chemistries, materials and scales and applications of solutions. This has created a massive demand to hire top talent across an array of storage and grid technologies in both hardware and software/services. 

Over the last 20 years, the Energy Storage industry has continued to evolve, adapt, and innovate in response to the increasing challenges of the clean energy transition, and the demands that places on the grid. It has seen many advances in technology (greater capacity, energy density, durability), and in the multiple chemistries, materials and scales and applications of solutions. This has created a massive demand to hire top leadership talent across an array of storage and grid technologies. As experts in this industry, we at Hyperion Executive Search have been working with clients in the following subsectors:
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Our energy storage and grid team is headed by David Beeston, Associate Partner
David leads Hyperion Executive Search&rsquo;s Energy Storage sector focus, spanning Battery Manufacturing &amp; Supply Chain, Storage Materials, Storage Digitalization/SaaS, Grid &amp; C&amp;I ESS, and Long Duration Storage segments. He specializes in C-Suite and Senior Management talent across Commercial, Operational &amp; Technical disciplines.
David&rsquo;s success in energy storage has been aided by over 10 years&rsquo; experience in executive search, across broader energy &amp; chemicals, engineering, and digitalization sectors earlier in his career, which has given him a holistic industry outlook and broad network reach. He is passionate about building relationships with energy storage leaders and regularly networks at industry conferences and events around Europe.

The evolution of the electrification of transport and Future Mobility landscape has been significant over the last five years, driven by many factors including purchase incentives for Evs, the availability of options, massive growth in charging infrastructure and strict government policies towards the banning of ICE vehicle sales. Across hardware, software and services we have supported a myriad of VC backed start-ups to scale, as well as larger organisations developing their future mobility offerings.

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The growth of the&nbsp;Electric Vehicles (EV) and Future Mobility landscape has been significant for the past couple of years, driven by market expansion, purchase incentives, availability of options, and strict governmental policies towards the banning of ICE vehicle sales. Across hardware, software and services we have supported a myriad of VC backed start-ups to scale, as well as larger organisations developing their future mobility offerings.
This continued expansion of the EV industry, not just road vehicles, has already and is further expected to create a massive demand to hire top leadership talent across an array of EV technologies and infrastructures. As experts in this industry, we at Hyperion Executive Search have been working with clients in the following subsectors:

Our EV and future mobility team is headed by Stephen Robinson, Managing Partner
Stephen leads Hyperion Executive Search&rsquo;s EV &amp; Future Mobility practice, spanning Battery Manufacturing, Electric Vehicle Manufacturing, EV Charging Infrastructure (OEM, Installation, CPO, Maintenance, eMSP and SaaS), Fleet Electrification, MaaS, Hydrogen and the wider CASE ecosystem. He specializes in C-Suite and Senior Leadership across Commercial, Operational &amp; Technical disciplines, whilst supporting scale-ups with international expansion and building out departmental teams.&nbsp;
Stephen has over a decade of experience hiring across the global energy and mobility sectors, including 8 years&rsquo; experience recruiting into the EV sector. Over the years he has developed a rich network and is recognised as one of the top executive search consultants in the industry. Stephen is passionate about helping people and companies to grow. As an electric vehicle driver himself, he is driven to help accelerate the mobility transition.

The concept of 'Smart Cities' has gained significant importance in recent years as urban areas face increasing challenges related to population growth, resource management, and environmental sustainability. Smart cities and smart buildings leverage cutting-edge technologies such as IoT, big data analytics, artificial intelligence and a host of renewable and sustainable technologies to enhance the quality of urban living and transportation. These technologies enable more efficient management of resources, improved public services, and better connectivity, ultimately leading to a higher standard of living and sustainability. By optimizing infrastructure, clean technologies and services, smart cities can reduce energy consumption, minimize waste, and create more sustainable urban environments.

As urban areas face increasing challenges related to population growth, resource management, and environmental sustainability, the concepts of Smart Cities and Smart Buildings have become more crucial in the fight against climate change. Both leverage cutting-edge technologies like IoT, big data analytics, artificial intelligence, and renewable energy solutions to create more efficient, connected, and sustainable environments.
Smart buildings, in particular, play a pivotal role. With buildings accounting for over 20% of global emissions, integrating smart technologies within them is essential. In 2022 alone, a 1% rise in emissions from the building sector equated to the impact of 10 million more cars on the road. These figures highlight the urgent need to transform how we build and manage our infrastructure.
By optimizing energy consumption, improving resource efficiency, and reducing emissions, smart buildings not only contribute to the sustainability goals of smart cities but also significantly lower operational costs. Together, smart cities and smart buildings form a critical partnership in the global push to reduce carbon footprints and foster environmentally friendly urban development.

Our smart cities team is headed by David Hunt, CEO &amp; Founder
David Hunt is a prominent figure and thought leader in the cleantech sector, with a specific focus on talent and growth. Recognized as a leading green entrepreneur by the Financial Times, David has spoken at renowned industry events such as EcoSummit, Solar &amp; Storage Live, and Future Utilities. He also hosts the globally top-ranked Leaders in Cleantech podcast and serves as a mentor for several cleantech accelerators.
David began his executive search career in the buildings sector, working with organizations in HVAC, lighting, Building Management Systems (BMS), Access Control, and Facilities Management (FM). More recently, he sat on the Policy Board of the Renewable Energy Association (REA), advising on buildings and onsite renewable generation. With over 25 years of experience in executive search, as well as building his own multi-award-winning on-site renewable energy business.