Expertise and Services
Calderon Search & Advisory brings deep sector knowledge and tailored leadership solutions to the challenges that matter most.
Strengthening leadership, one collaboration at a time
Through precision-driven executive search and transformative leadership advisory & assessments partnerships, we empower organisations to lead with confidence and clarity. Whether you’re seeking visionary talent or strategic insight, our work begins - and succeeds - with collaboration.
Executive search & recruitment
Our Executive Search practice goes beyond search and recruitment - we deliver leadership foresight. From executive market mapping and board services to succession planning, we help you identify, attract, and prepare the impactful leaders who will shape your purpose-driven future.
Executive Search
We specialise in retained and exclusive searches for C-level and senior leadership roles within mission-led businesses, NGOs, and forward-thinking organisations across EMEA. Our search process is grounded in deep market knowledge, rigorous evaluation, and a commitment to values-aligned leadership. We don’t just fill roles—we deliver transformative leaders who drive impact, innovation, and resilience in rapidly evolving industries.
Succession Planning
Today’s leaders must think beyond the next quarter—they must plan for the next generation. We help organisations design and implement comprehensive succession strategies that align with future business needs. By assessing internal talent, benchmarking against external market options, and identifying high-potential future leaders, we create robust succession pipelines. This ensures leadership continuity, preserves institutional knowledge, and safeguards long-term mission success.
Executive Market Mapping
Our market mapping service delivers deep insights into the leadership talent landscape within your sector. Whether you’re considering future hires, entering new markets, or evaluating your internal capabilities against external benchmarks, we provide clarity. Through structured, data-driven research, we identify talent availability, key competitors, diversity dynamics, and emerging leadership trends—empowering you to make strategic talent decisions with confidence.
Board Services
Boards play a pivotal role in shaping strategy, governance, and culture. We support boardrooms with a full suite of services: board effectiveness reviews, composition assessments, succession planning, and advisory for CEO transitions. Our expertise ensures that boards are not only compliant and competent but also forward-looking, inclusive, and prepared to lead in complex regulatory and stakeholder environments.
Leadership advisory & assessments
Our advisory and assesment services turn insight into impact. Through rigorous leadership assessment, team effectiveness consulting, and strategic guidance, we help organisations unlock potential and navigate complexity with clarity and confidence.
Leadership Assessments
Technical qualifications tell part of the story — but great leaders must also align with your organisation’s culture, values, and future vision. Our leadership assessmentss combine behavioral science, psychometrics, and structured interviews to evaluate capabilities, potential, and risk factors. The result? Smarter hiring, stronger teams, and more successful leadership outcomes.
Leadership Development
We design and deliver bespoke leadership development programmes that challenge leaders to grow, adapt, and inspire. Whether it’s equipping ESG leaders to drive stakeholder engagement or preparing transformation teams to lead through uncertainty, our programmes blend coaching, experiential learning, and real-world application. We empower leaders to unlock performance across their organisations.
Leadership Coaching
Our coaching solutions are designed for every stage of the leadership journey — from high -potential emerging talent to seasoned executives navigating transformation or stepping into new roles. Through one-to-one coaching, team facilitation, and tailored development plans, we enable leaders to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Executive Onboarding
The first 100 days are critical. We support new executives as they transition into their roles with structured onboarding programmes that accelerate integration, align with culture, and foster early wins. Our approach reduces ramp-up time and sets new leaders up for long-term success – ensuring your investment delivers impact from day one.
- Consumer Markets
Consumer industries across the world are navigating a pivotal moment – where growth, responsibility, and resilience must move in lockstep. At Calderon Search & Advisory, we work with businesses to secure leadership talent capable of guiding this evolution.
From sustainable supply chain leadership to the development of circular economy strategies, we bring deep market insight and a discreet, global network to each engagement. We identify transformative individuals who not only elevate operational performance but also embed environmental and social responsibility into the heart of commercial strategy—ensuring relevance in an era of shifting expectations.
- Nature Based Solutions & Carbon Markets
As carbon markets mature and net-zero commitments accelerate, organisations across EMEA require strategic leadership to navigate regulatory complexity, scale climate solutions, and deliver measurable impact.
Calderon Search & Advisory partners with businesses, project developers, financial institutions, and policy-driven platforms at the forefront of carbon offsetting, emissions trading, and climate innovation. We appoint senior leaders with the expertise to shape market mechanisms, design credible offset strategies, and embed carbon thinking into investment, operations, and governance.
Our work ensures that clients have the leadership required to translate climate ambition into action — with integrity, rigour, and long-term value.
- Professional Services
Calderon Search & Advisory partners with leading consultancies, advisory firms, law firms, accountancy providers and B2B services providers to appoint and develop senior leaders who drive ESG and sustainability-led transformation across their client portfolios.
Drawing on deep cross-sector insight and a strong EMEA network, we support the build-out of high-impact leadership teams across sustainability strategy, climate risk, regulatory compliance, and sustainable finance. Our expertise ensures our clients are equipped with the executive capability to guide businesses through increasingly complex ESG demands and deliver on ambitious sustainability mandates.
- Public & Not-for-Profit
At Calderon Search & Advisory, we work alongside mission-driven institutions, NGOs, philanthropic foundations, and multilateral bodies to appoint leadership that shapes agendas and delivers lasting impact.
Our approach is both strategic and discreet, supporting organisations in identifying senior executives, non-executive leaders, and subject-matter experts who operate at the intersection of policy, advocacy, and systems transformation. We are particularly trusted in facilitating leadership for coalitions and cross-sector platforms where the ability to convene, influence, and drive collective progress is critical.
- Cleantech, Infrastructure & Built Environment
The Cleantech, Infrastructure & Built Environment sectors are central to building a low-carbon, resilient future across EMEA. As the region accelerates investment in sustainable urban development, climate-resilient infrastructure, and decarbonised built environments, the demand for strategic leadership has never been greater.
Calderon Search & Advisory partners with investors, developers, operators, and advisory firms to appoint and develop senior leaders who can drive this transformation — from ESG strategy and sustainable asset management to innovation in green building, energy systems, and mobility infrastructure. We help our clients embed sustainability at the core of complex, high-impact projects through the appointment of visionary, commercially astute executives.
- Industrials & Manufacturing
Industrials and manufacturing businesses across EMEA are under growing pressure to decarbonise, improve resource efficiency, and adopt circular practices. Calderon Search & Advisory supports this transition by appointing senior leaders who can embed sustainability into core operations and long-term strategy.
We partner with companies across heavy industry, advanced manufacturing, and construction materials to identify executives capable of driving innovation, operational excellence, and resilience in a changing regulatory and market landscape.
- Financial Services
We partners with clients across asset management, banking and capital markets, private markets and real assets, impact investing, and insurance. We play a strategic role in helping organisations build leadership teams that drive the transition to sustainable finance and responsible investment.
We advise a diverse EMEA-based client portfolio — from leading institutional investors and global financial institutions to specialist asset managers and innovative market entrants. Our approach is rigorous, relationship-driven, and outcome-focused, enabling us to deliver senior talent with the financial acumen and ESG insight required to lead in an evolving regulatory and investment landscape.
At Calderon Search & Advisory, we are committed to solving our clients’ most complex leadership challenges, ensuring they have the boardroom and executive capability to deliver long-term performance and impact.