Samuel Royce

Samuel Royce is an executive search and consulting firm established by Search Consultant Chris Kidd, renewable energy industry veteran Darryl Flukes, and technology and data recruitment expert James Eichhorn. The company specialises in recruiting and embedding exceptional leadership talent for clients shaping their future success in sustainability and renewables. Samuel Royce provides a comprehensive range of services including executive search, interim executive management, leadership team recruitment projects, and executive mentoring, all underpinned by a philosophy that shared values and long-term thinking drive the most successful placements and enduring client-candidate relationships.

The firm brings deep expertise across multiple specialisations within the sustainability and renewable energy sectors. Samuel Royce recruits for Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Sustainability roles, as well as sustainability managers, analysts, and advisors with auditing and compliance expertise. Within renewable energy, the company places talent across CEO and C-level positions, finance, commercial, trading, strategy and development, marketing, human resources, and operations functions. Additionally, James Eichhorn's technology recruitment expertise enables Samuel Royce to support critical hires in data, analytics, and engineering verticals for both established Australian brands and scaling technology businesses.

Samuel Royce operates across Australia and the UK, drawing on Chris and Darryl's combined 25 years of experience in search, renewables, and leadership recruitment. The firm works closely with high-growth and ramp-up phase clients on newly created C-suite and general manager level roles from brief development through to appointment. Clients choose Samuel Royce for its relationship-led approach, deep industry networks, market insight, and commitment to aligning hiring decisions with long-term business objectives and organisational purpose.