Introducing custom senior recruiting

The right leader.
For what comes next.

Custom recruiting for senior roles across the energy ecosystem. Built around your organization’s ambitions, its relationships, and the leadership it needs to move forward.

Sector understanding · Leadership judgement · Personal attention

Leadership is an energy decision.

Senior appointments shape more than an organization chart. They influence strategy, culture, partnerships, and the confidence of the people around your business. Thinking Leadership now offers custom recruiting services to help energy organizations make those appointments with purpose.

We bring an ecosystem perspective to the search: how your organization creates value, where it connects with others, and what its next leader must be able to navigate.

Where leadership matters.

Each mandate begins with your needs. These are examples of the leadership assignments we can discuss.

01

Executive & organizational leadership

Chief executives, presidents, executive directors, and senior operational or commercial leaders guiding an organization’s next chapter.

02

Strategy, growth & innovation

Leaders connecting business development, market intelligence, technology, and new opportunities across an evolving energy economy.

03

Communications & public affairs

Senior professionals who can connect corporate strategy with reputation, government relations, policy, and public understanding.

04

Partnerships & stakeholder leadership

Leaders with the experience and judgement to build durable relationships with communities, Indigenous partners, industry, and institutions.

Energy expertise.
A wider field of view.

The next leader may come from within your segment—or bring relevant experience from another part of the ecosystem. We start with the capabilities your organization needs.

  1. 01Oil, natural gas & energy services
  2. 02Power, utilities & renewable energy
  3. 03Cleantech, innovation & energy technology
  4. 04Infrastructure & environmental services
  5. 05Industry associations & mission-driven organizations
Bill Whitelaw, founder of Thinking Leadership

A leadership lens.
From lived experience.

Bill brings more than 30 years of executive and non-profit governance experience across Canada’s energy, mining, agriculture, and cleantech ecosystems.

His experience as a President, CEO, Managing Director, board director, and chair informs the questions that matter in a senior appointment: What must this person accomplish? Whose trust must they earn? And what will the organization need from them next?

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