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Energy Transition
Renewables, storage, hydrogen and grid-scale generation. We place CEOs, CFOs and operating partners who convert capital into dependable, decarbonised power.
Global Executive Search
The leaders behind
the world’s essential assets
Williams Taylor Brown is a global executive search firm dedicated exclusively to infrastructure private equity. We find the executives who plan, build and run the assets that capital depends on.
20+
Years of focus
400+
Mandates completed
38
Countries served
$2Tn
Client assets under management
The Firm
A search firm with one discipline, practised worldwide.
Since 2006, we have worked with a single conviction: infrastructure leadership is its own craft. The executives who run regulated utilities are not the ones who scale consumer platforms, and the partners who underwrite a toll road are not the ones who underwrite a software company.
So we built a firm around that difference. One sector. One standard. Every search led by a partner who has spent their career inside this asset class, supported by research teams in London, New York and Singapore.
Our Focus
Where we place leaders
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Transport & Logistics
Airports, ports, rail, toll roads and freight. Leaders who balance regulated returns with the operational excellence that keeps economies moving.
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Digital Infrastructure
Data centres, fibre networks and towers. The sector moves at software speed; we find executives who pair engineering depth with investor fluency.
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Social Infrastructure
Healthcare, education and public-private partnerships. We identify leaders who deliver essential services with both commercial rigour and public accountability.
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Utilities & Networks
Water, waste, gas and electricity distribution. Resilience, regulation and rate cases demand a rare blend of technical, political and financial skill.
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Investment & Portfolio Leadership
Partners, heads of asset management and value-creation leads. The executives who source, underwrite and grow the assets behind the fund returns.
Our Approach
Four stages
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Define the mandate
We work with investment committees and boards to translate a fund thesis into a precise leadership profile: capabilities, temperament, incentives and success metrics.
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Map the global market
Research-led and sector-specific. Our analysts map operators, advisors and executives across five continents before a single call is made.
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Assess with rigour
Structured interviews, referenced judgment and psychometric insight. Shortlists arrive complete, evidenced and defensible to any board.
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Close and integrate
We manage negotiation, counter-offers and onboarding through the first 100 days, because a signed offer is not a placed executive.
A typical mandate spans three continents and 90 days from briefing to appointment.
Contact
Begin a conversation
Whether you are raising a fund, acquiring a platform or replacing a critical executive, we would welcome a confidential discussion. All enquiries are handled directly by a partner.
London
Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6BD, UK
New York
590 Madison Avenue, NY 10022