A growing global population, coupled with increasing environmental consciousness, is changing the way power is generated and distributed across the world.
As a result, countries are looking for new ways to respond to their mounting power needs. Rather than building traditional, carbon-emitting plants, governments are seeking opportunities to reduce their carbon footprints via alternative and renewable forms of energy. This shift in power generation and distribution is substantial, as these new forms of energy require their own grids, infrastructures, transmission channels and technologies.
While the potential rewards of such an overhaul are significant, they won’t come easily. Governments, regulatory agencies and power generation and distribution companies across the world must work together to ensure this shift is successful. This means recruiting the right leaders with the foresight and skillset to effectively control complex cost structures and timelines—and establish a solid, and long-lasting, new power infrastructure.
The greatest challenges in the energy industry since deregulation have doubtlessly come on the back of the Energiewende, the policy of energy transformation. The dynamics of change require managers to develop maximum flexibility and new ways of thinking. Radically new functional responsibilities and business areas continue to emerge and challenge the status quo.
The specialists at Odgers Berndtson have been supporting the energy industry with great success along its transformational path for over 20 years, and they help companies at all levels of the value chain find the best managers for the challenges that lie ahead.