Gaia Human Capital Consultants is a leading executive search firm with partners/clients across all "green economy" industry sectors and verticals, specifically in cleantech, clean energy, renewable energy, alternative energy and corporate sustainability. 

Gaia Human Capital Consultants partners with clients to proactively search for and thoroughly evaluate world-class executive leadership.  We will partner with organizations at all stages of development and growth including, Fortune 1000 multinationals, venture funded, early stage, later stage, entrepreneurs, financial institutions, private investors, founders and senior executives.

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"Some folks are Venture Capitalists, Gaia Human Capital Consultants are Human Capitalists.  I applaud all that they stand for and all that they are doing!" - John Geesman Co-Chairman American Council On Renewable Energy & Former California Energy Commissioner

• Cleantech Developers/Technology Firms: We have successfully completed CEO and C-Level executive search assignments including, CEO's, CFO's, COO's; as well as other senior executive posts such as: VP's of Engineering, Sales & Marketing, Project Management, Technology and Administration. 

• Financial Institutions: Gaia Human Capital Consultants has decades of experience recruiting best and brightest Investment talent to financial institutions including, investment banks, commercial banks, venture capital & private equity firms, hedge funds, banking & investment advisory firms.

 

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“Today the best and the brightest entrepreneurs are looking at cleantech as the next chapter in their personal and professional lives. We can talk about all the macro themes, but at the end of the day the companies that we invest in really depend upon the underlying people.” - Ira Ehrenpreis General Partner Technology Partners

Interview with Dawn Dzurilla, Founder & President of Gaia Human Capital Consultants:

Q. How is World-Class Leadership Talent Defined?

A. Ask a hundred leaders and you're likely to get at least three hundred answers.  In executive level candidates, Gaia Human Capital Consultants seeks several competencies however, we place greatest value on a person's resourcefulness, visionary passion, creativity, integrity, energy, judgment, intelligence and substantive charisma.

Q. Within the Cleantech industry, is there enough Executive Leadership talent to meet its demand for world-class executive talent? 

A. No, however, progressive leaders are found in just about any industry.  As venture and private investors know all to well, there exists a finite leadership and professional talent pool within the entire cleantech industry. Therefore, world-class leadership talent (CEO and management team) must often be recruited from several related and/or other industries. As prominent executive search consultants in the cleantech industry, Gaia Human Capital Consultants attracts the attention of the best and the brightest executives and entrepreneurs throughout the world and from other industries.

Q. How does Gaia Human Capital Consultants source World-Class Leadership Talent?

A.  First, our consultants invest a lot time to understand our clients' industry, company and culture and work with boards to benchmark required leadership talent versus the marketplace and to establish processes that will ensure a successful transition after the new executive is in place. 

Next, we commit to an exhaustive research effort up front and throughout the entire search assignment, mirroring a client’s search needs.  Our process combines creative executive search concepts with web technology to identify prospects within the cleantech field and in other industries.

We consider ourselves an extension of our clients' leadership team and embrace an opportunity to add value to each organization.  We continually refine our client's message while working through the process of thoroughly vetting and evaluating candidates.

Q. What are most cleantech investors looking for in a CEO & Management Team?

A. Proven visionary leaders with a demonstrated capacity for driving commercialization in energy technology companies, assembling a world-class team experienced in moving the firm from pilot stage through various stages of development and into the marketplace. 

Partnering with Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms: Gaia Human Capital Consultants leads searches for investors to secure world-class executive (C-Level) management teams and key professionals to cleantech portfolio companies at all stages of development and growth    learn more . . .

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