Norrie Sinclair is a seasoned business leader and entrepreneur who has lived and worked in Hungary and Poland for 30 years, scaling ventures and spearheading strategic growth initiatives across the CEE region. He brings extensive expertise in executive search and consulting, with a track record of appointing leaders who blend innovation and strategy to drive sustainable growth across diverse sectors.
Professional Focus
- 35 years’ experience in executive search, leadership, and consulting
- Successful track record of appointments to executive and other senior leadership roles in finance, HR, IT, ecommerce, sales, engineering, and other disciplines
- Broad industry expertise spanning energy, technology, manufacturing, retail, consumer products, financial services, professional services, and real estate
- In-depth human capital expertise, particularly executive recruitment, talent strategy and acquisition, team leadership, and organizational culture
- Extensive business expertise across business development, operations, startups, scaleups, mergers, P&L management, financial oversight, market expansion, corporate finance, and M&A transactions
- Native English, conversational Hungarian
Business Expertise
- Founder and Managing Director at Zöld IQ, the Hungarian distributor for Best.Energy’s market-leading energy efficiency hardware, software, and solutions; based in Budapest
- Advisor at the leading legal recruitment firm in CEE
- CEO and Supervisory Board Director at an award-winning recruitment firm in CEE; pioneered online recruitment; firm was acquired by one of the world’s leading human resource companies
- Founder of Futures Inc., a recruitment firm specialising in executive roles across CEE markets, particularly the Baltics, Poland, Czechia, Hungary and Romania; based in Warsaw
- Senior Manager, Corporate Finance and M&A, CEE at KPMG; based in Budapest; led corporate finance and M&A transactions across Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and Turkey
- Co-Founder and Managing Director at solar farm developer Solargen Kft; initiated development of Hungary’s first private solar farm
- Regional Director, CEE and Turkey at an international search firm; managed team of 60 consultants in CEE, including Russia, Poland, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, and Turkey; based in Budapest
- Earlier Senior Consultant (Executive Recruitment) roles at recruitment firms in London
Sector Expertise
- Energy
- Technology - IT, Software, Ecommerce
- Professional Services
- Financial Services
- Consumer & Retail
- Consumer Products - FMCG
- Industrial
- Manufacturing
- Real Estate
Education & Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Edinburgh Napier University, UK
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