One Search Expands Business with Key Senior Appointments

16.06.2022

Human capital is proving to be the key differentiator vs financial capital in realizing the next generation of global infrastructure.  Infrastructure and Energy Transition specialist search firm One Search is operating on the front line of this human capital injection, and is delighted to announce that James Paul has joined the company as Head of Middle East & APAC.  James will spearhead the company’s growth into these key regions, starting with the opening of new offices in Abu Dhabi and Singapore this summer which will enable us to partner more closely with our clients as they expand their investment teams, IR/Fundraising capabilities and continue to build and augment management teams across their portfolios.  Previously, James was a Partner at a leading global executive search firm where – dividing his time between Singapore and the UAE – he worked with investors including Temasek, Lightspeed, KKR, Warburg Pincus and several sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East and APAC. 

One Search is also happy to announce that Clean Energy investment expert Michael Naylor has joined our ranks as a Senior Advisor to the Board.  Michael is a highly regarded board member and private investor in a portfolio of successful sustainability focused businesses, most notably K Road Solar LLC (exit to First Solar) and K Road DG LLC (sold to Engie), New Energy Finance Ltd (sold to Bloomberg) and Greentech Capital Advisors (sold to Nomura). He is also a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of Jupiter Green Investment Trust plc, a company listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and recognized as one of the UK’s leading sustainability investing companies.  Michael has served on the board of Jupiter Green Investment Trust plc since 2008. 

The expansion of our leadership team and footprint is the first of many planned moves to broaden and deepen our capability to serve our clients globally.  This comes after Siv Sivanesan joined One Search as Co-CEO in April.  Based in London with a remit to lead the continued global buildout of the firm, Siv has a track record of delivering dynamic organizational growth, having recently spent four years with a leading global search firm in which he re-engineered the playbook for scaling such a business internationally.  Prior to this, he spent 14 years with Accenture delivering major transformations across a range of industry sectors.  

Dan McCarthy, Founder and Co-CEO of One Search said “Our clients are growing at warp speed, and in order to adequately support them, so must we.  I am really proud that One Search has been able to attract such talented people to help write our next chapter.  Siv, James and Michael are all outstanding people who bring fantastic experience to the team and I am very excited to see what we can achieve with them.”  

View more articles...

Back to news index

23.08.2023

People Moves, EMEA H1 2023 – Credit

H1 of 2023 has been an interesting 6 months in the wider economy, which has seen increased interest rates and question marks around the certainty of the economy. Relative to the macroeconomic climate, the Infrastructure Credit market has had a stable start to 2023 with continued hiring across all levels, with the junior end of the market producing the most moves as it does every year.

Read more

23.08.2023

People Moves, EMEA H1 2023 – Equity

Throughout H1 2023 there has been caution in the air, with the broader economy already suffering the repercussions of high interest rates and an inflationary market. In such circumstances, it is common for companies to reduce costs by scaling back on recruitment, and we saw this with Global Investment Banks as they implemented hiring freezes after multiple rounds of layoffs.

Read more

23.08.2023

ESG Market Overview H1 2023 – Americas

In the past two years, a number of infrastructure funds made deliberate and focused efforts to build out their ESG teams to drive value creation by ensuring that they brought in strong leadership to spearhead their sustainability efforts and this trend has continued in 2023 for those funds that were behind the curve or those that were taking on new energy transition or climate strategies.

Read more

23.08.2023

Where Else Investment Talent Lands

In the introduction to the last edition of this report, we pointed out that a high number of moves from industry into private markets funds was being observed. Over the course of H1 2023, another interesting trend and the opposite flow of traffic has emerged with a significant number of professionals transitioning from banks and funds to join portfolio companies.

Read more