The solar industry has been a core market for Hyperion since our inception. Years ago, before the boom of solar technology, our Managing Director David Hunt and Director 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.

Energy Storage and Grid

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.

EV and Future Mobility

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.

Smart Cities

We have an unmatched ability to discover and attract outstanding candidates for strategically important 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 Renewables, Energy Storage and Grid, EV and Future Mobility and Smart Buildings.&nbsp;
We guide our clients through the entire hiring journey and build long-term relationships that last for years.
This includes with our partners in Venture Capital and Private Equity funds active in the cleantech ecosystem.

Hyperion was set up with a mission to be the most widely respected and successful&nbsp; search firm in the renewables and cleantech sectors. Our business is founded on allowing our people to be fearless, transparent and creative in what we do. These values are the bedrock of our business and push our team to be the best we can be for both our clients and our candidates. We outperform larger, more corporate recruitment firms and are not afraid to call out industry controversy. Through openness and honesty,&nbsp;our team will show you a different, more focused and collaborative side to recruitment.
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Hyperion Search finds leaders, key hires and builds leadership teams for the most innovative cleantechnology and renewable energy companies, enabling them to find extraordinary people, and to achieve their

Hyperion Board Search is a dedicated division of Hyperion Search. The team, led by <a href="https://hyperionsearch.com/meet-the-team/david-hunt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Hunt</a>, specialise in appointing Non-Executive Chairs and Directors to high-growth cleantech and energy transition businesses.From first-time founders to PE-backed scale-ups, we help clients build high-impact boards aligned with their next stage of growth.Why Hyperion Board Search?<ul><li>Sector specialisation - we operate exclusively in the clean technology and renewable energy sectors</li><li>Global search capability &ndash; 17+ countries and counting</li><li>Personally led by David Hunt, industry expert &amp; strategic advisor</li><li>Trusted by VCs, founders, and investors across EMEA and North America</li><li>Proven record placing Chairs and NEDs in high-growth businesses</li></ul> Who We Work With?<ul><li>VC &amp; PE-backed cleantech companies</li><li>Founders and CEOs scaling their boards</li><li>Investors seeking to strengthen portfolio governance</li><li>Mature businesses evolving their leadership</li></ul>

Hyperion Board Search is a dedicated division of Hyperion Search. The team, led by David Hunt, specialise in appointing Non-Executive Chairs and Directors to high-growth cleantech and energy transition businesses. From first-time founders to PE-backed scale-ups, we help clients build high-impact boards aligned with their next stage of growth. Why Hyperion Board Search?><ul><li> Sector specialisation - we operate exclusively in the clean technology and renewable energy sectors</li><li> Global search capability – 17+ countries and counting</li><li> Personally led by David Hunt, industry expert & strategic advisor</li><li> Trusted by VCs, founders, and investors across EMEA and North America</li><li> Proven record placing Chairs and NEDs in high-growth businesses</li></ul> Who We Work With<ul><li> VC & PE-backed cleantech companies </li><li> Founders and CEOs scaling their boards </li><li>Investors seeking to strengthen portfolio governance</li><li>Mature businesses evolving their leadership</li></ul>

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At Hyperion Search, we work exclusively within cleantech and renewable energy. Drawing on over a decade of executive search expertise, our Board Search practice specialises in appointing Non-Executive Chairs and Directors to high-growth cleantech and energy transition businesses.
From first-time founders to PE-backed scale-ups, we help clients build high-impact boards aligned with their next stage of growth.
Why Hyperion Board Search?
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<li>Proven record placing Chairs and NEDs in high-growth businesses</li>
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<li>Founders and CEOs scaling their boards</li>
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We&rsquo;re a client-focused search firm, but we equally value our relationships with candidates. Most professionals we engage aren&rsquo;t actively job-seeking -they&rsquo;re excelling in their current roles but may have frustrations, whether it's career growth, workplace culture, or leadership. While not actively looking, they&rsquo;re open to the right opportunity at the right time.

Unexpected changes - redundancies, relocations, or shifts in work conditions - can turn &lsquo;passive&rsquo; candidates &lsquo;active&rsquo;, and we&rsquo;re here to help them find the right fit. At Hyperion, we respect every candidate&rsquo;s journey. We listen to their goals, motivations, and ideal work environment, staying in touch until the perfect role arises.Unlike many recruiters who see candidates 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 clients secure key hires and build entire teams. While we specialise in Board, C-Suite, and senior leadership roles, we excel at placing &lsquo;first boots on the ground&rsquo; as companies expand internationally.Our search service is highly effective due to our deep knowledge of the clean technology sector and our extensive global network built over years in the industry. We assist clients in defining job descriptions, selecting locations, benchmarking salaries, and understanding company culture before beginning a search. We then deliver a diverse, thoroughly vetted shortlist and provide end-to-end support through hiring and onboarding.

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 search campaign for each assignment.

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At Hyperion Search many of our searches are &lsquo;under the radar&rsquo;, especially executive and strategically important hires. However we do publish many live mandates which you can access and apply to below.

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At Hyperion we have an unmatched ability to source and place exceptional talent across the renewables and cleantech sector, from novel Hydrogen technologies to smart buildings. Our core markets are...

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As a global cleantech search firm, we deliver world class talent at Board, Executive and Leadership level, offering tailored solutions to organisations operating across the clean technologies and renewable energy sectors.

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We know the talent market because we&rsquo;re in it every day - partnering with founders, scaling companies and investors to find and build the teams driving the energy transition. Now, we&rsquo;re bringing that market expertise together with real-time data and strategic insight for our clients across the cleantech and renewable energy sectors.Hyperion Talent Intelligence empowers clients with a suite of offerings:<ul><li>Workforce planning &amp; team structuring</li><li>Organisational design for scale</li><li>Compensation &amp; equity benchmarking</li><li>Talent pipelining &amp; succession planning</li><li>Competitor talent mapping &amp; analysis</li><li>Strategic hiring roadmaps</li></ul>Built for climate-tech scaleups, growth-stage innovators and investors who need clarity and confidence around talent decisions. Because in this market, the right team isn&rsquo;t just an asset - it&rsquo;s your competitive advantage.

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Hyperion is a client centred search firm, which means we work with our clients and tailor recruitment solutions according to their needs. Our 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 consider the nature of the role, level of urgency and level of difficulty to fill before suggesting the best method to help. Essentially, we won&rsquo;t &lsquo;sell&rsquo; a solution until we have diagnosed the problem.

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.

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As Co-Managing Partner at Hyperion Search, I share responsibility for the strategic direction and growth of the business as we continue to build one of the leading executive search firms in the global cleantech and renewable energy space.
For the past 5 years I have led Hyperion's Energy Storage &amp; Grid practice in Europe, covering the full battery value chain (cell to system), Stationary ESS (from development to asset management and optimisation), and Storage &amp; Grid Digitalisation. I specialise in C-Suite and senior-level assignments across Commercial, Operational and Technical disciplines - working with organisations ranging from venture-backed startups to established global players navigating the energy transition.
Prior to Hyperion, I spent 10 years in executive search across international energy &amp; chemicals, engineering and digitalisation sectors. That foundation gave me a holistic industry outlook and broad network reach that I bring to every assignment whether in storage, solar, EV infrastructure, grid technology or wider cleantech.
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David Beeston

As Co-Managing Partner at Hyperion Search, I share responsibility for the strategic direction and growth of the business - working to ensure that as the cleantech and renewables sector scales, Hyperion scales with it. That means building the right team, deepening our relationships across the industry, and staying close to the markets and the people shaping them.
For the past 7 years I have lead Hyperion's EV &amp; Future Mobility practice, drawing on over 13 years of search experience across the global energy and automotive sectors. Since 2016 I've been at the forefront of the EV revolution, building a rich network across the ecosystem - from charging infrastructure and fleet electrification to battery technology and future mobility platforms. You're likely to find me attending or speaking at industry events across the UK and Europe.
I specialise in senior leadership, C-Suite and board-level assignments, working with post-investment startups, scale-ups, multinationals and their investors across diverse geographies. My experience includes two years in the Middle East, working with leading international energy companies on strategic commercial, technical and operational hires - an experience that broadened both my global perspective and my appreciation for how differently talent markets operate across borders.
Beyond my professional achievements, I&rsquo;m deeply passionate about sustainability and the transition to clean technology. As an electric vehicle driver for many years, I&rsquo;m an early adopter and advocate of new technology and as such, have dedicated my career to the energy transition. My commitment to a greener future is fuelled by my role as a father to two beautiful children, Connor and Kate. Connor's asthma has instilled in me a strong desire to create a healthier environment for future generations.
When I&rsquo;m not immersed in the world of search, I enjoy staying active and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Running has been a particular passion of mine since 2020, and I help run a local community running club with close on 300 active members. The physical and mental challenges of running have been invaluable in keeping me grounded and focused whilst being able to unleash my competitive side. I've completed 6 marathons to date including 2 world majors, 3rd pending and one ultra marathon with more to come in due course.
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I studied Geography at The University Edinburgh and climate change was a central theme that ran through my degree. After graduating, I knew that I wanted to develop my career in an area which would have a positive impact on our environment and help tackle the effects of climate change. Renewable energy has always really appealed to me and prior to joining Hyperion, I spent nearly five years as Head of Project Resources for a renewable energy installation business. We specialised in solar PV but also installed small-scale wind turbines and renewable heating technologies.
After five great years of the solar boom, I was looking for a new challenge where I could build on my knowledge of and passion for the sector, but by doing something completely different. Hyperion gave me the opportunity to do this and to work within new areas of cleantech. I joined Hyperion Executive Search in 2015 and as COO, (now Director of Hyperion Search Ltd) I draw upon my wealth of experience and insight, helping our clients to recruit the very best talent available in the sector. I oversee the delivery of our search assignments and am passionate about delivering the best possible experience for both our clients and candidates. I love working with our clients who are all having such a big impact on tackling climate change
Having grown up in Kent and studied in Edinburgh, I settled in Liverpool in 2009 and very much consider it home. As an avid Liverpool FC supporter, I try to get to Anfield as much as I can. Nothing beats a Champions League match under the floodlights at Anfield! I&rsquo;m lucky to have two amazing boys who always make me smile, and keep me very busy!! I love spending time outside as a family and holidays in Cornwall. Knowing that my work in the cleantech sector will contribute towards making the world a better place for us, my children and future generations is my biggest inspiration.

Ross Hoare

I lead Hyperion's Renewables practice, specialising in delivering strategic, high-impact leadership hires for global companies dedicated to shaping a cleaner, more sustainable future.
With over seven years of executive search and recruitment experience within the European and US Wind, Solar, and Battery Energy Storage sectors, I'm well versed in connecting Developers, IPPs, OEMs, Venture Capitalists, and Private Equity firms with transformative talent - particularly across Project Development, Commercial, Operational and Technical functions.
Over the years, I've built a strong international network, and you'll often find me at key industry events. I'm highly committed to a consultative, relationship-first approach with both candidates and clients I work with and take great pride in contributing to the transition to a greener planet.
Outside of work, I'm a keen traveller and love exploring new cultures (luckily, my job has taken me to a few new corners of the world). Combining this with my passion for both watching and playing a few sports, I collect a local football shirt from every place I visit! I've also always had a soft spot for animals of all kinds and one day hope to one day set up my own rescue charity.

Nikita Miah

I work across all of Hyperion's core sectors, including Energy Storage &amp; Grid, Solar and EV &amp; Future Mobility, supporting the teams in delivering stand out talent and building long lasting relationships with candidates and clients.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;
Prior to joining Hyperion I spent 3 years in Oman working across the Oil &amp; Gas and Mining Sector, placing candidates in roles from Engineer up to Project Director position. My time overseas allowed me to connect with individuals that I wouldn't have had the chance to in the UK and has given me a great perspective and valuable insight in to different cultures and ways of working. I&rsquo;m passionate about building long-term relationships in the cleantech sector and excited to grow my career in such a dynamic and purpose-driven industry. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
Away from work, I enjoy spending time with my family, watching football (which has been amazing over the past three years being a Newcastle fan), and being in the gym or on the football pitch.&nbsp;

Matthew Hunter

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<div>I&rsquo;ve supported a diverse range of clients from SMEs to multinational corporates. More recently my focus has been working with start-ups and scale-ups and their investors, supporting them on their strategic leadership hires in both the UK and Europe, delivering talent across operational, commercial, strategic and technical disciplines.</div>
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<div>Having taken a short career break to be a full-time mum to my two adorable (may be biased), high-energy young children, I&rsquo;m now enjoying being back in the world of headhunting.</div>
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<div>Out of work, I love hiking and off-road cycling with my family, where my children kindly wait for the slow coach at the end of their speedy mountain bike runs! I play tennis to switch off and whenever possible we escape to the coast, which growing up in Pembrokeshire is very close to my heart.</div>

Francesca Howell

David Hunt is the founder of Hyperion Search and a prominent figure in the global cleantech talent space. With over 19 years working exclusively within the cleantech and energy transition sector, David built Hyperion Search from the ground up into a leading specialist search firm trusted by founders, investors, and scaling businesses across the energy transition.
After recently stepping back from his executive role, David continues to shape the direction of Hyperion Search as a Non-Executive Director - bringing his unrivalled sector knowledge and network to bear at a strategic level as the firm enters its next chapter.
Alongside his role at Hyperion, David is increasingly active as a board advisor and non-executive, working with founders, investors, and growth-stage companies across the energy and mobility transitions. He also contributes to a number of prominent cleantech organisations and initiatives, including Rockstart Energy, Techstars, and the Greentech Alliance.
A recognised voice within the sector, David is the host of the&nbsp;Leaders in Cleantech podcast, where he speaks with CEOs, founders, and investors shaping the future of energy. He is also a regular speaker and moderator at international industry events, known for his thoughtful perspective on leadership, governance, and the challenges of scaling companies in complex, evolving markets.

David Hunt

Damian serves as a Board Director at Hyperion Search. Additionally, he is the Managing Partner and co-head of HC Group, a worldwide retained search, intelligence, and advisory firm. Damian joined HC Group in London in 2004 before launching the company&rsquo;s Asia platform in Singapore in 2008. He relocated back to London in 2017 and now oversees HC Group's commercial operations across the EMEA and Asia regions.
Damian has partnered a number of leading energy and commodity organisations in the design and implementation of world class physical and financial trading teams. He is currently spearheading the development of HC&rsquo;s advisory services and strategic partnerships strategy.
He holds a Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in modern languages from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Damian Stewart

Paul is a Board Director at Hyperion Search and is also the Managing Partner and Co-head of HC Group, a global retained search, intelligence, and advisory firm. He joined HC in 2004 in the London Office. In 2007 he launched HC&rsquo;s Americas offering, basing himself in Houston - where he lives with his family.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Paul holds an MBA from Rice University and a bachelor's degree from University College London. Paul is the host of The HC Commodities Podcast, a chart topping podcast focused on trends and topics in the energy &amp; commodities sector.