Case Study: Tara Foundation builds Asia’s climate finance leadership with NGO Recruitment

Tara Foundation appoints senior regional strategist after 170+ applications with NGO Recruitment

The Tara Foundation, a philanthropic climate organization, faced the challenge of recruiting a highly specialized Senior Regional Strategist Finance for Asia. This role required a unique candidate who possessed deep finance sector expertise alongside campaign strategy skills to advocate for shifting Asian financial markets from fossil fuels to clean energy. NGO Recruitment was engaged to conduct an exclusive executive search to find this rare profile.

NGO Recruitment executed an international search, mapping and contacting over 300 professionals while also generating over 170 applications through targeted outreach. Their solution successfully identified and placed a Singapore-based candidate with a sustainable finance and legal background, who had the precise strategic and networking skills required. This key appointment by NGO Recruitment was instrumental in helping build the Tara Foundation from a start-up into a leading climate philanthropic foundation headquartered in Asia.

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