Hyperion Executive Search, which recruits exclusively in the cleantech sector has made its first official opening on US soil. The organisation recruits into clean energy, future mobility, and smart cities and its clients include high-growth start-ups and scale-ups, and the VC and PE firms that fund them. Hyperion already has a rich history of helping US firms launch in Europe, and vice-versa.
The strategic expansion to the US marks a significant chapter for the firm’s continuing growth. It also follows a string of successful US partnerships for Hyperion, including with several notable companies backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures organisation.
David Hunt, CEO and founder of Hyperion Executive Search, explained: “The US has long been a leader in the nascent cleantech sector, and not just Silicon Valley, the urgency for innovative climate change solutions has driven exponential growth in this sector creating huge demand for talented staff.
“According to a report by PwC, cleantech has experienced rapid growth in investment over the last decade, rising more than 3,750 per cent in just seven years.
Hunt adds: “As more and more innovative cleantech companies launch, relocate, or expand in the area, the more talent is needed to drive their ambitions forward. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the clean energy sector is currently the largest job creator within the US energy sector.”
Heading up the Hyperion operations will be the company’s head of North America, Robert Olson, who brings many years of US recruitment experience to the role, having worked for over a decade in cleantech and tech recruitment covering markets across the US.
“Cleantech is booming in the US with the country leading the way in developing and backing innovative sectors within the industry,” he says. “As a young and rapidly developing industry, it is an exciting time for established specialist cleantech recruiters like Hyperion Executive Search to help businesses find the hidden talent in the sector, as well as fresh, new talent from other aligned sectors.
“To do this, it is crucial that we have a presence in the US and local expertise in the US cleantech market.”
Hyperion Executive Search has rapidly grown to become a market leader in cleantech executive search across Europe, with offices across the UK and Germany.
