Get in touch with our Financial Services team today to discuss how we can help you build a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation.
Building Leadership for Performance and Purpose
Since 2003, we’ve been connecting talented sustainable finance professionals with progressive organisations that are driving systemic change.
Our financial services search practice partners with investment managers, banks, private markets, real assets, and insurance firms to place leaders aligned to climate resilience, impact, and sustainable finance. From senior executives to specialist hires, we build leadership teams that outperform markets while shaping a more sustainable future.
Our mission is clear: to build leadership teams that drive both financial performance and systemic change.
Specialist Expertise Across Financial Services
Our financial services practice is built on 20+ years of global experience and a deep network of sustainability and ESG leaders. We specialise in recruiting for:
- Investment Professionals
- Capital Formation & Fundraising
- Investor Relations
- Sustainability Operations
- Corporate Functions
Whether supporting private equity firms scaling their impact strategies, banks embedding ESG into risk frameworks, or insurers driving resilience across portfolios, Acre delivers trusted search solutions for senior and critical roles.
Find out more on Acre's Financial Services sector page.
Why Work With Acre?
Choosing Acre means choosing a partner who not only understands the technical landscape of financial services but who can also advise and challenge to deliver the most effective talent solutions.
Our team:
- Builds teams that both drive business performance and deliver sustainable impact.
- Partners with large established firms seeking to integrate sustainability into core business models.
- Supports specialist firms scaling rapidly with a sustainability-first focus.
- Places pioneering individuals with deep subject matter expertise to refine strategies and enter new markets.
- Provides market intelligence, salary benchmarking, and leadership assessment tools to reduce hiring risk.
- Engages in industry leadership through conferences, expert panels, and thought leadership.
We’re always in touch with the best candidates in our markets, ensuring we meet your ambitions with trusted and informed recruitment.
Areas of Sustainable Finance Recruitment
Corporate Governance Recruitment
We place professionals in investment, distribution, risk, and research, helping boards set tangible sustainability objectives, evaluate structures, and lead responsibly.
Impact Investing Recruitment
As the first sustainable finance search firm with a dedicated impact investing team, we recruit at every level - from analyst to director - enabling funds to achieve measurable social and environmental outcomes.
Responsible Investing Recruitment
Our global network of professionals enables organisations to hire permanent, interim, and contract talent to ensure socially responsible returns.
ESG Recruitment
From influential leaders to analysts and reporting specialists, our ESG recruitment capability is the most established and extensive in the market, helping firms embed ESG into strategy and delivery.
Climate Finance Recruitment
We specialise in connecting climate finance talent - spanning TCFD, decarbonisation, and carbon accounting - with organisations seeking to scale climate solutions.
Types of Roles We Recruit
We have placed senior leaders and built entire teams across sustainable finance, ESG, and impact investing, including:
- Managing Director, Climate Risk
- Head of Sustainability Strategy
- Head of Sustainable Investing
- Global Head of Stewardship
- Environmental Equity & Global Equities team builds
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Global Debt team lift-outs
Global Reach
Operating across the EMEA, North America, and Asia Pacific, we bring a unique blend of international reach and sector-specific expertise. Our consultants are embedded in the markets they serve, ensuring tailored, insight-led recruitment for every client.
Skills for Sustainable Finance Leadership
Driving change requires more than technical expertise. Through our bespoke competency framework, built in collaboration with purpose-driven professions, we identify and assess non-technical skills like Innovation & Courage and Business Insight - qualities that define effective leaders in sustainable finance.
Find out more on our Advisory Services page.
Supporting Innovation in AI & Energy Infrastructure
The rise of AI and hyperscale data centres is driving unprecedented energy demand. We work with investors and funds backing the infrastructure required to power these systems - clean, resilient, and scalable solutions critical to enabling digital transformation. Our network spans:
- AI Infrastructure Investment
- Sustainable Data Centre Power
- Resilient Energy Systems
- Hyperscale & High-Density Computing Facilities
By connecting capital to the right talent, Acre helps ensure the next generation of digital infrastructure is built on sustainable foundations.
Why Choose Acre?
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Trusted Expertise: Over two decades of leadership in sustainability recruitment.
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Global Networks: Access to senior financial services and ESG talent across 55+ countries.
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Purpose-Driven Approach: Recruitment strategies rooted in impact, integrity, and innovation.
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Inclusive Processes: We prioritise equity, diversity, and inclusion at every stage of hiring.
Let’s Build the Future of Sustainable Finance
Whether you’re scaling a sustainable investment fund, embedding ESG in corporate functions, or seeking leaders for energy and infrastructure portfolios, Acre is your partner in finding the right people.
What other areas does Acre work in?
We recruit across all industry sectors with a thematic focus on sustainability and impact, including:
- Renewable Energy (Solar, Wind, BESS, Biomass)
- First-of-a-kind technology (Clean Fuels, Gas Processing, Microgrids, Cryogenics)
- Digital Infrastructure
- Utilities & RTO/ISOs
- Sustainability & ESG
- Carbon Markets
- Nature & Biodiversity
- Sustainable Finance
- Procurement & Supply Chain
- Health & Safety and EHS
- Public & Non-Profit
Get in touch with our Financial Services team today to discuss how we can help you build a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation.
