Cripps Leadership Advisors

Happy one year work anniversary Marcial Cotelo! With over 15 years’ experience within executive search, Marcial joined us last year having worked on a number of mandates for a broad spectrum of firms. Since joining Cripps Leadership Advisors, Marcial has aided on multiple successful searches and has been instrumental in assisting our newest associates settling into their roles. Congratulations Marcial, we look forward to many more years. #congratulations #workanniversary #executivesearch

In the USA, small modular reactors (SMRs) are popular on both sides of the aisle. Many believe these are cheaper and quicker to adopt than building large-scale reactors, however, some industry professionals have raised concerns that they could be more expensive in the long run and could end up having hidden costs that could affect their usefulness in the future. How the USA adopts nuclear energy, whether on a small or large scale, is going to rely on access to the grid – one of the biggest blockers to the transition – and implementing new policies. Discover more about the state of the energy transition in the US in Murray Fox’s latest white paper available on our website. The link is available in the comments. #energytransition #renewableenergy #nuclearenergy

Congratulations to Simon Reilly and Jamie McAinsh at Aurora Utilities Limited! Aurora Utilities is a new Ofgen regulated Independent Distribution Network Operator (IDNO) focused on helping developers and Independent Connection Providers (ICPs) design dependable, efficient, safe, innovative and cost-effective electrical networks in an environmentally friendly manner. Simon joins the business as their CEO and Jamie joins as their COO, both of whom will be helping build and shape the business across their five core sectors; EV charging, battery storage and renewables, data centres, industrial and commercial and residential. From all of us at Cripps Leadership Advisors, we wish you both the best of luck. https://lnkd.in/eT5UEnWz #electricvehicles #renewableenergy #energytransition

Congratulations Hazvineyi Deaconu Petca (AATQB) on your fifth work anniversary! Hazvineyi sits in our business support team as our finance assistant, where she is responsible for providing day-to-day financial support to our directors. Over the course of her career, Hazvineyi has worked in a variety of different cultures and industries and has worked in Africa, the US and in the UK across financial services, corporate affairs, hospitality, food supply chains, education and social enterprise. Since joining us, she’s become an integral part of the finance and business support team and is always ready to contribute to the culture and values of Cripps Leadership Advisors. Thank you for all your hard work, Hazvineyi! #congratulations #workanniversary #executivesearch

CFOs with private equity experience are in high demand, but finding a CFO that can work effectively with a board and their portfolio companies – all of whom have slightly different views - can be a challenge. The role of a senior finance professional has changed significantly over the past few years requiring them to take on additional responsibilities and work far more broadly across a business. Considering the extra requirements, how can companies ensure they attract, hire and retain the right person, and how can candidates ensure they’re stepping into the right organisation for them? Psychometric assessments can help both parties gain a deeper understanding of what’s expected and how each other work in an unbiased and data-focused manner. Read James Foley’s latest white paper to see how assessments can help in the recruitment process and what else can be done to building a long-standing partnership between private equity firms and CFOs. #CFO #privateequity #financialservices

Congratulations to Abhinav Charan on your new role as Head of Commercial Optimisation at ExxonMobil, Low Carbon Solutions. With two decades of experience within business consulting, energy and financial services, Abhinav has spent most of his career working across the world focusing on the energy transition. His expertise within the energy industry expands across climate tech, clean hydrogen, CCUS, carbon management, as well as upstream oil and gas. From all of us at Cripps Leadership Advisors, we wish you the best in your new role. #renewableenergy #energytransition #congratulations 

We all know that there isn’t one fixed strategy to attracting, engaging and retaining an operating partner. It’s a role that depends on the differing needs of both the private equity firm and their portfolio companies. On top of that, developments across business, technology and ongoing world events, requires everyone to be adapting at lightning speed continuously. Many firms rely on having a ‘bare bones’ plan or assuming everyone agrees on the roles and responsibilities of an operating partner, which often leads to miscommunication, misunderstandings and frustration. Associate Director, Mark Scollay, recently talked with a number of firms and professionals to create an effective strategy that can be adapted in his latest white paper. Find out more on our website. #privateequity #financialservices

Congratulations to David K Vickerman on your new role at Competitive Power Ventures! As CFO, David will be responsible for the management, leadership and oversight of the entire corporate finance and mergers and acquisition functions. David has a wealth of experience within finance and leadership having worked at companies such as Sol Systems, Macquarie Capital and Silicon Ranch Corporation to name a select few. From all of us at Cripps Leadership Advisors, we wish you the very best in your new role. #congratulations #powergeneration 

Congratulations Jana-Mari Botha on your 1 year anniversary! Originally from South Africa, Jana joined us last summer to build our leadership advisory practice alongside Director, Sarah Sweetman and our team of advisory consultants. Since coming on board, Jana has worked with clients across all of our sectors on a range of projects such as providing psychometric testing as part of our search mandates, creating and delivering one-to-one and group executive coaching programs as well as working on multiple pitches, helping to expand our reach. Thank you for all of your hard work and we look to more years to come! #congratulations #workanniversary #leadershipdevelopment

Congratulations Jeffrey K. on your new role as CFO at EVC Jeffrey joined EVC recently as their CFO having built a career in finance working across ISP, telecommunications infrastructure and investment banking. He has a great deal of experience as a team builder and leader and brings a superb track record in corporate financing. Outside of work, Jeffrey volunteers at The Anne Frank Trust UK as a Board Trustee. From everyone at Cripps Leadership Advisors, we wish you every success! #congratulations #electriccharging