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The best executive hires accelerate your value creation strategy, whilst raising the level of everyone around them. The bad ones create issues that cause a ripple effect across your business, and damage your bottom line.&nbsp; If you've made a recent PortCo acquisition, opened up a new service line or invested in a new asset class, one mis-hire could potentially wipe out your IRR. That&rsquo;s where we come in. We help you hire leaders who amplify the potential of your business, through their evident Capability and demonstrated Character. We help to ensure that your assets (both Real and Human Capital) thrive in the way they were supposed to.&nbsp;

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Mandate: CIO, CPO, Marketing Director, Concession Director (RD), Senior Bid Manager Investors: Swiss Life Asset Managers, Schroders Greencoat Platform: Bring Energy Sector: Heat Networks<img src="/static/imglib/test-temp/Richard-Burrell.jpeg" height="500" width="500" alt="" title="Richard Burrell, Executive Chairman, Bring Energy" />Richard Burrell, Executive Chairman, Bring Energy "Sonder &amp; Metric&nbsp;supported us through a complex acquisition and carve-out, enabling us to make a number of key leadership hires that positioned the business for future growth post-acquisition. Each Search was delivered against tight timelines, and we were able to make several high-quality appointments in a short space of time. I am happy to recommend Josh and the team at Sonder &amp; Metric, and look forward to working together in the future."&nbsp;OverviewA Private Equity consortium, Swiss Life Asset manager &amp; Schroders Greencoat, were going through the acquisition and carve out of Urban Energy, a Heat Networks business working across the lifecycle (Develop, Build, Own &amp; Operate) of Heat Networks within the UK, owned by Equans.&nbsp;Sonder &amp; Metric were appointed pre-acquisition to facilitate a number of executive and director level hires, tasked with overseeing the carve out process and establishing a leadership team post acquisition.&nbsp;We ran several concurrent accelerated search projects, securing our target hires, and allowing our client to move forward with their value creation strategy.&nbsp;As a result, we successfully appointed:<ul><li class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">Chief People Officer: 4 weeks</li><li class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">Chief Information officer: 4 weeks</li><li class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">Marketing Director: 3 weeks</li><li class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">Concession Director (Regional Director): 6 weeks</li><li class="cvGsUA direction-ltr align-start para-style-body">Senior Bid Manager: 3 weeks&nbsp;</li></ul>As a result of our success, Sonder &amp; Metric continue to provide Executive Search services to Bring Energy on an ongoing basis.&nbsp;Interested in achieving similar results? Reach out today for a confidential discussion.&nbsp;

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Supporting a PE Backed Flexible Generation platform to appoint a Head of Operations & Head of Engineering.

Mandate: To appoint a Head of Engineering and Head of Operations to oversee a UK based platform of over 50 sites and a team of c100 staff.&nbsp; Investor: Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners Platform: Flexitricity&nbsp;<img src="/static/imglib/mike-guy.jpg" height="221" width="221" alt="" />Mike Guy - COO, Flexitricity&nbsp;"We've partnered with Sonder &amp; Metric for the past 3 years, and in that time they have played a big part in the growth and development of our generation business.&nbsp;Recently, Josh and the team oversaw the Searches for 2no key leadership appointments that were essential to our growth strategy; a Head of Engineering and Head of Operations. Despite the specific nature of our requirements, we were able to consider a number of high quality candidates for each position, and ultimately made two fantastic appointments.I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Sonder &amp; Metric"&nbsp;OverviewSonder &amp; Metric supported Flexitricity through an internal restructuring, requiring the appoointment of a newly created Head of Engineering role, and alongside an open Head of Operations role.&nbsp;Both positions were to play a pivotal role in shaping the companies technical and operational strategy as they managed a distributed base of flexible generation assets, and a large team of over 70 technical staff.&nbsp; Our ApproachA comprehensive research process that identified potential talent from all competitiors, peers, suppliers and related industries.&nbsp;Clearly define the Employer Value Proposition, maximising our ability to attract A-players to Flexitricity.&nbsp;Systematic approach, attract and assess strategy for create a longlist for each position.&nbsp;Support through interview and Offer process.&nbsp;Head of Engineering Shortlist: 5Head of Operations Shortlist: 4First choice candidates secured for both positions.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Facilitating significant headcount growth for one of the UK's largest flexible generation platforms. 

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners purchased Velox Power in November 2020, with the goal of doubling the platform's asset base and restructuring the team to meet commercial and operational targets. In December 2022, Velox Power was rebranded under the banner of their sister company, Flexitricity. Sonder &amp; Metric were engaged as a Search partner, tasked with overcoming the significant hiring challenges the platform had experienced, having previously engaged several different recruitment companies. Challenges Creating a hiring strategy and desirable timeline<ul><li>Access to relevant talent pools for each hire</li><li>Obtaining up to date talent market information to benchmark remuneration</li><li>Ensuring technical and commercial competency of new hires</li><li>Safeguarding company culture</li><li>Ensuring the management teams weren't overwhelmed by the volume of recruitment</li></ul>Our ApproachWorking in close partnership with the executive leadership team, we developed a hiring timeline that allowed the platform to meet its strategic goals:<ul><li>We developed consistent messaging around story and strategy, enabling us to engage and attract high calibre candidates, utilising bespoke Candidate Briefing Packs for each position. </li><li>We provided up to date market intelligence to ensure all roles were benchmarked against industry norms. </li><li>We implemented a standardised assessment framework, that allowed us to measure technical &amp; functional capability, through competency based interview. </li><li>We tested for behavioural fit on a role by role basis, utilising our preferred behavioural assessment provider, Wisnio. </li><li>We provided the leadership team with an online company branded portal, which acted as a centralised platform for all recruitment activity.</li></ul> The Results Over an 18 month period, we facilitated 27 hires across the platform, all of whom successfully passed their 6 month probation period. Key appointments have included; Head of Operations, Head of Engineering, Head of HV, Commercial Manager, Head of EC&amp;I &amp; more. The success of our process has positioned us as the principal talent partner for all future senior appointments.

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