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The latest edition of our newsletter features insights into driving diversity for senior leaders and how AI will impact the Executive Search market, PLUS the opportunity to register to be the first to receive our updated 2024 ROI of Recruitment White Paper... ⬇️

We're nearly halfway through the year - how're you feeling about the rest of 2024?

Feeling a little green? An ever-increasing list of venture capital and private equity firms certainly are. The waste and clean energy sector’s growing importance in the climate debate and rising environmental, social and governance (ESG) budgets are fuelling continuing investment interest. The sector has received much more of the economic spotlight following the pandemic with this critical infrastructure seen as more stable ground during uncertain times. Couple this with a maturity of industry compliance and regulatory improvements, perceptions of ‘unsophisticated’ waste organisations potentially causing reputational damage to willing investors are now proving to be less of a concern. Instead, we are now seeing increasing number of both UK and international investors citing the industry as one with attractive and actionable opportunities for further transformational growth. As Governments globally commit to considerable environmental agendas we are seeing emerging technologies and new sub-markets coming to light which is making the sector feel like a very dynamic and exciting growth area at this moment in time. Overall, private equity firms see the industry as a stable, growing, and strategically important space with significant potential for innovation and consolidation, aligned with broader trends in sustainability and regulatory compliance. In the last 18 months alone, we have seen a several deals close in the UK market, a couple of which surpassed £1bn and this appetite for further investment in the circular economy only looks set to continue. Has waste ever looked so good? #wastemanagement #recycling #efw #rdf #ad #biomass #privateinvestment #venturecapital #ukeconomy #environmental #impactfulinvestment

Another huge well done to John Tilbrook, Daniel Hibbert and Mike Pritchard-Howarth for their efforts at the (very hot) Leeds Half Marathon! Thank you to everyone who donated, we're proud to be supporting Maggies as our chosen fundraising charity for 2024 🧡 #charityfundraising #givingback

Many Senior Leaders we speak to face pushback when trying to implement DEI initiatives in their organisations, so we've put together a handy guide to overcoming objections in the DEI context ⬇️ #DiversityEquityInclusion #Diversity #ExecutiveInsights

AI in hiring is either going to revolutionise the industry or make Executive Search Consultants obsolete, depending of course on who you ask. The Executive Search industry is facing the same questions as many others as we witness the rise of accessible AI technology. Will my job change? Should I be using AI? What can AI do for me? As with most things, the true future for AI is likely to be something of a middle ground – it will neither completely revolutionise the industry, nor destroy it. Right now, it is something like a curiosity for many of us, but what impacts can we foresee for AI in hiring for the next few years? Here, John Tilbrook outlines some of the benefits of utilising AI for Executive recruitment campaigns, along with highlighting some of the potential pitfalls of this still-new technology. #artificialintelligence #technology #executivesearch #executiveinsights

An excellent opportunity for someone with a track record of enabling and leading high performing teams across Europe within a specialist TIC and multi-functional laboratory environment ⬇️ Bart Schofield CMgr