Industrial Strength Leadership
Caldwell operates at the nexus of industry and innovation—placing transformative leaders in the sectors that move the world: energy, mining, mobility & automotive, infrastructure & industrial services, manufacturing, industrial technology, and supply chain.
From electrification to decarbonization, from logistics to automation—we help organizations navigate complexity with leaders who understand how to execute, innovate, and scale.
Unlike traditional global search firms, Caldwell brings a high-touch, execution-oriented model to every engagement. We work across the industrial landscape, partnering with private equity, venture capital, government-owned entities, family/private businesses, and public corporations to place transformative talent across technical, operational, and strategic roles.
Our work spans upstream resource extraction, midstream logistics, and downstream industrial products, as well as the enabling technologies and infrastructure behind the energy transition and digital industrial revolution.
With global reach and regional fluency, we meet our clients where they are—and lead them where they’re going. We’ve placed board directors, CEOs, COOs, and CFOs; operational and plant leaders; CTOs and engineering heads; CHROs and supply chain executives. Our breadth is matched only by our depth.
Whether you’re scaling a PE platform, modernizing a public utility, or transitioning from founder-led operations, our teams bring nuanced expertise in leadership aligned to ownership structure, investment thesis, and go-to-market strategy. This ability to pivot by ownership context—while maintaining executional rigor—is a defining feature of Caldwell’s impact.
To ensure leadership success, we integrate tools like Predictive Index, Hogan, Watson Glaser, EQ-i 2.0, and robust competency-based interview techniques to ensure fit, readiness, and long-term performance.
Caldwell is the search partner of choice for organizations at the crossroads of complexity, innovation, and scale.
Caldwell: Delivering Leadership That Builds the World
Caldwell delivers leadership aligned not just by industry—but by ownership, growth stage, and organizational context.
Energy & Transition
- Our expertise spans renewables, hydrogen, grid modernization, and distributed energy.
- Clients: Bloom Energy, LanzaJet, PETRONAS, MasTec
- Roles: Chief Commercial Officer, SVP Supply Chain, CFO, VP Hydrogen, Grid Strategy Leaders
Mining & Materials
- From upstream extraction to processing, we place leaders who scale with operational and ESG rigor.
- Clients: Lundin Mining, Centerra Gold, First Bauxite
- Roles: COO, Director Technical Services, VP HSE, Exploration Leaders, FP&A Directors
Mobility & Automotive
- Aviation, rail, EV, and traditional automotive—leaders for the electrified, digitized, and legacy mobility ecosystem.
- Clients: United Airlines, Spirit Airlines, ZF, Dayco, CN Rail
- Roles: VP Operations, SVP Technical, COO, Strategy and Innovation Executives
Infrastructure & Industrial Services
- Transformational leadership for capital programs, utilities, field services, and smart infrastructure.
- Clients: Metrolinx, Toronto Hydro, Capital Power, ENMAX, HydroMax
- Roles: CIO, Chief Risk Officer, VP Safety, Chief Infrastructure Officer, Program Directors
Manufacturing
- Advanced manufacturing, aftermarket operations, and engineered systems.
- Clients: Silfab Solar, ADDMAN Engineering, TruFood
- Roles: Plant Managers, VP of Operations, CEO, VP Quality, COO
Industrial Technology
- AI, robotics, automation, digital twins—leadership for frontier innovation.
- Clients: Verdox, Syzygy Plasmonics, Headwall Photonics, AVX, AEM Components
- Roles: CTO, VP Engineering, Chief Data Scientist, Board Director, Innovation Officers
