Justin Black
Director Emea Perm @Spencer Ogden
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WORK HISTORY
Director Emea Perm @Spencer Ogden
Glasgow, GB
Building the leadership teams that power the digital economy. Focused on the convergence of Private Equity, Hyperscale Data Centers, and Sustainable Energy.Core Focus AreasStrategic Talent Advisory: Partnering with Private Equity infrastructure funds and developers to identify C-suite and senior leadership for high-growth portfolio companies.Niche Expertise: Specialising in the \"Power-Digital\" nexus, placing leaders who can navigate the complex overlap of data center development, grid constraints, and renewable energy procurement.EMEA Market Mapping: Actively building a proprietary network of senior talent across key FLAP-D markets and emerging hubs (including the Nordics, Iberia, and CEE).Value PropositionConsultative Approach: Moving beyond \"filling roles\" to acting as a talent partner who understands the regulatory, power, and ESG challenges unique to digital infrastructure.Network Cultivation: Rigorously mapping the EMEA talent landscape, tracking the movement of senior executives within hyperscale operators, colocation platforms, and fiber networks.Sustainability Integration: Helping organisations meet carbon-neutral mandates by identifying ESG and Energy Strategy leaders with a proven track record in heavy infrastructure.MethodologyDeep Market Intel: Continuous tracking of local regulatory environments and power market dynamics to provide clients with a realistic view of the talent ecosystem in specific jurisdictions.Relationship-First Search: Prioritising long-term relationship building with passive candidates in the Digital Infra space to ensure access to \"off-market\" leadership talent.
EDUCATION
Damelin
Sports Studies
SKILLS
ABOUT JUSTIN BLACK
The intersection of digital infrastructure investment and sustainability leadership requires specialised talent that most recruiters don\'t understand. I connect private equity infrastructure funds, hyperscale and co-location data centre operators to the senior leaders who scale capacity, integrate renewable energy, and deliver value across Europe and emerging markets.I\'m building networks within private equity funds investing in hyperscale and colocation platforms, data centre developers expanding across multiple markets, and the C‑suite executives who lead these businesses. This is designed to address a very real market problem: a critical shortage of specialist infrastructure leadership in a sector that is growing faster than the available talent pool.I work on mission‑critical roles across:Senior leadership in Private Equity Infrastructure Funds (Investment Directors, Portfolio Managers, Asset Management Leaders)Data Centre Developers & Operators (Development Directors, General Managers, Operations Executives)Hyperscale & Colocation Platforms (Commercial Directors, Energy Strategy Leaders, Expansion Heads)Sustainability & Renewable Integration (ESG Directors, Energy Procurement Specialists, Carbon Strategy Leaders)Geographically, my focus is EMEA, with particular expertise in emerging markets. That includes understanding regulatory environments, power markets, and talent ecosystems from Ireland to Poland, Portugal to Turkey, and into select Middle East and North African markets where digital infrastructure and sustainability agendas are accelerating.If you are a private equity investor building digital infrastructure portfolios, a data centre operator scaling capacity, or a senior infrastructure professional considering your next leadership move, I’d welcome a conversation. I add the most value when there is a need for confidential senior hiring, nuanced market intelligence, or strategic career moves in digital infrastructure and sustainability across EMEA.
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