Selected search mandate
Chief Information Security Officer
Energy & Infrastructure · Nordics — anonymised and published with client consent.
All mandates
- Business context
- Critical national infrastructure operator responding to a changed threat environment.
- Search challenge
- Operational-technology security experience combined with the seniority to hold the executive committee to account.
- Outcome
- Appointed from a utility in an adjacent market; the mandate included a compensation benchmarking exercise for the wider security function.
How the search was run
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Mandate Definition
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Leadership Profile
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Market Mapping
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Target Identification
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Executive Approach
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Assessment & Calibration
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Shortlist Presentation
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Client Interviews
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References & Due Diligence
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Offer & Negotiation
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Appointment
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Transition & Onboarding
Assessment framework
Executive track recordFunctional expertiseScale and complexityP&L responsibilityTransformation experienceInternational exposureBoard interactionCultural alignmentStrategic capabilityLeadership styleMotivationCompensation alignment