The Challenge
Carbon Responsible (CR) are experts in carbon management. With over a decade of experience helping clients chart a path towards net-zero, they are on a growth journey to deliver impact to many more organisations.
Building on the existing team, a key part of the plan was to establish a leadership group able to guide CR through a phase of rapid scaling.
A newly created Head of Carbon role leading the existing delivery team was defined and IAC were the chosen search partners.
The Recruitment Approach
After initial consultations with the CEO and COO, we were able to take a number of actions to help both the search and Carbon Responsible more broadly.
- Workshop with IAC CEO and CR leadership team to align on strategy, needs and approach
- Introduction to a potential investor
- Time spent onsite at CR meeting and working with the wider team
- Fully branded marketing campaign
- Full market search
- Constant communication and feedback to quickly focus on the best and right options
To deliver candidates with strong technical backgrounds and exceptional client facing skills along with corporate gravitas and commerciality we targeted our extensive network in the consulting space to find the best candidates.
Candidates on the shortlist included those from BGC, McKinsey, PwC, ERM, Carbon Trust as well as competitor climate platforms.
The Outcome
The successful candidate, James Paull, was an ideal fit for the role with financial services experience, time as a Big4 Director and leading climate solutions for an emissions data platform in Australia. James had the perfect blend of experience and leadership to take on the Head of Carbon role. Crucially he was also strongly aligned with Carbon Responabile's mission, values and behaviours, a critical part of the selection process.
A deep understanding of Carbon Responsible at a strategic and operational level as well as clarity of the technical and personal skills required to succeed in the role enabled us to provide a targeted yet diverse shortlist of candidates quickly so that an appointment could be made within 8 weeks of commencement of the search.
In addition to the planned hire, CR also hired a second candidate from the shortlist; Thomas Lüthi-Bhatti joined from BCG in the newly created role of Carbon Solutions Director. Tom is brilliantly aligned to CRs values and further strengthens the leadership team for the next stage of growth.
We have really enjoyed getting to know the brilliant team at Carbon Responsible and look forward to continuing on their growth journey with them.
What our client said
“The team from IAC have always stayed laser focus on delivering what Carbon Responsible needs to achieve our growth objectives.
Chris and his team where both consultative (guiding the conversation) and adaptive (responding to our needs) as our search campaign evolved. I can’t recommend IAC enough.”
Matt Paver
COO, Carbon Responsible
We lead talent search for impact start-ups and large enterprises who need to make more sustainable changes.
