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At the heart of the transition

Since 2006 we have been at the heart of the infrastructure investment universe, which later became the home of energy transition/net zero investing. We have been there every step of the way, building relationships based on trust and discretion with the most influential people in the industry worldwide.

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The market, mapped

Our clients often remark upon our tremendous speed of delivery.

After being retained, our first Progress Report takes place within two weeks. This is only possible because our sector specialization coupled with the depth of our bench means that we keep the entire relevant market fully mapped. Prospective clients should feel free to test us on this – we will show them the maps – which never go more than three months without a full reboot.

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Worldwide success

We have boots on the ground on three continents, and our roll call of successful searches spans the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, India, China, Singapore, Australia, Morocco, Kenya, and South Africa.

A few of our clients

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Our culture

Our culture revolves completely around collaboration. As one global team, we collaborate with each other on a daily basis, to deliver a seamless product for our clients. We are a boutique firm in which everyone has a voice and is expected to use it.

Unlike some of the larger and more corporate search organizations, our Consultants are given real responsibility and are pushed to develop at pace into fully rounded search professionals. Finally, we like to have fun! If you would like to talk to us about joining the team, please contact us here.

In loving memory of Daniel Muir (1979-2021)

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A bench commemorating Danny Muir

Our dear friend, mentor and leader Danny Muir left us in August 2021. He made a huge impression on this company and fundamentally altered its course – we will never forget that, and we will never forget him. He will stay on our website forever as just one tribute, alongside the bench in Berkeley Square, the Danny Muir Scholarship (see our Young Women Into Finance program) and many other tributes we have made to him.

Danny died doing what he loved – mountain biking in the wilds of Scotland. He died suddenly and without prolonged suffering, and for that we are grateful. He was doing brilliantly at work, pioneering One Search’s transition in recent years into one of the leading executive search firms in the infrastructure investment world.

For nearly twenty years, Danny advised investor groups, such as CPPIB, BlackRock, Allianz, Macquarie and Actis Capital in regards to organisational design, compensation and succession, and selection of senior management and board members across their global energy and infrastructure portfolios. This assessment and selection experience spanned some 400 appointments in 24 countries across Europe as well as the US, Canada, Mexico, Chile, China, India and across SE Asia and Sub Saharan Africa.

He was a Founding Chair for one of the UK’s leading social enterprises addressing homelessness and housing policy reform, Social Bite.

Prior to 2005 Danny worked at a TMT focused executive search boutique, as an Associate with a venture investment team; and KPMG as an Analyst in their business modelling team supporting M&A transactions.

Daniel was an alumni of Strathclyde Business School, Glasgow where he read Finance and Economics (1999) and has participated on effective boards, governance and HR coaching programmes with Harvard, Cambridge Judge and Edinburgh Business Schools (2012, 2014, 2017).

His outside interests included mountain biking in Scotland and Northern Europe, social impact finance, outdoor sculpture parks and environmental photography, and most things Italian, particularly wine.

Rest in Peace, Danny. You will always be in our hearts.

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Our Scholarship Program

We believe in a level playing field where everyone has the same opportunity, and achieves success based on their own talent and hard work rather than some artificially induced or bought advantage. Since we started trading, we have seen discrimination and indeed nepotism in our markets, and in 2018 we decided to do something about it.

Get in touch and discover more about how we can work with you.