Head of Asia

About the role:

We are looking for an outstanding and highly motivated individual to lead and grow the Carbon Trust’s business, team and impact in Asia.

As Head of Asia you will have the opportunity to lead the development of work across Asia, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia, and ensuring its effective delivery through leadership of our regional office of circa 15 people in Singapore, working in collaboration with our Global Practice Areas and partners and overtime, substantially growing our team in Asia.

This role would suit an experienced sustainability leader with a track record in consulting and deep knowledge of accelerating the move to a decarbonised future. A strong understanding of the market context in Southeast Asia is also important. We would also welcome applications from candidates from different industry sectors if you have a willingness to learn and can demonstrate an ability and desire to successfully move into this growing sector.

About us:

The Carbon Trust is a global climate consultancy driven by the mission to accelerate the move to a decarbonised future. We offer our clients and partners leading edge practical solutions to turn climate ambition into impact. We have been climate pioneers for almost 25 years, working with leading businesses, governments, philanthropies, and financial institutions to reduce carbon emissions and accelerate their route to Net Zero.

We have a global network of over 400 experts, who enable our clients and partners to take ambitious climate action, delivering both corporate consultancy services and donor funded programmes.

Key responsibilities:

• Business development: Drive the Carbon Trust’s growth across Asia by developing strategic partnerships, key accounts, and representing the organisation through new business development, stakeholder engagement, and thought leadership.
• Delivery: Lead and oversee the successful delivery of the Carbon Trust Asia’s high-impact low-carbon programmes and advisory projects (business and government)ensuring high-quality outputs, effective project budget management, timely execution, and strong collaboration with global teams and partners
• Strategy, team management and operations: Shape and lead the Carbon Trust’s strategy and operations in Asia, with full responsibility for the Singapore office, including team leadership, recruitment, compliance, financial oversight, and strategic reporting
• Knowledge management and learning: Track and analyse low-carbon policy, technologies, and market trends across Asia to inform strategic opportunities, while ensuring effective knowledge management and alignment with global initiatives

Key skills & attributes:

• Proven team and business leadership skills
• Excellent business development skills, with the ability to engage with clients and senior stakeholders, and craft business propositions
• Collaborative approach, a team player, who is responsive, reliable and consistently meets deadlines
• Exceptional communication skills (written and oral), with the ability to lead workshop sessions, present to audiences and write high quality reports and proposals
• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to build client and partner relationships and influence stakeholders
• Excellent strategic problem-solving skills and solution development
• Comfortable with financial analysis
• An entrepreneurial approach and growth mentality

Qualifications and experience:

• Demonstrated leadership on strategic business development, including a strong track record of developing successful proposals ideally within a management consultancy
• Strong relevant networks in government, business, finance and philanthropy across Asia, with a focus on Southeast Asia
• Experience of team leadership, line management and development coaching
• Experience of effective business leadership and financial management
• Experience of communicating effectively in writing and speech at Director level for senior government and business audiences
• Experience of running projects, delivering high quality outputs and managing budgets effectively
• Experience in contract negotiation and management
• Masters’ level degree educated (or equivalent)
• Fluency in English is essential, and knowledge of other Asian languages is desirable but not essential

Salary & Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary and a performance-based bonus. Our hours are 37.5 per week with 17 days paid annual leave rising to 18 after 1 full years’ service plus public holidays and a generous pension scheme.

At the Carbon Trust we offer flexibility around working between the office and home, our employees can work from home up to 3 days per week. We would expect our Head of Asia to lead by example and to be present more frequently in the office to lead the team and they will be happy to overlap some of their working hours with UK working hours to leverage expertise into the region.

Joining the Carbon Trust offers the opportunity to work alongside leading experts in the low-carbon field, contributing to innovative solutions for a more sustainable future. To apply, please visit our application page and submit your CV and cover letter.

We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can truly flourish. We’re committed to advancing equal opportunities and we’re dedicated to building a multifaceted, equitable and inclusive culture. If you don’t meet all the requirements but you have the skills and the experience, we would encourage you to apply and tell us why you are the right person for the job.

The application deadline is 24th August 2025; however, we may close the position early if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Due to our hybrid and flexible working policies, some interviews and onboarding processes may be conducted via video conferencing.

At the Carbon Trust, we are guided by our core values: integrity, ambition, collaboration, and excellence.