Vertical farming and CEA recruitment.
Executive, operations, growing and engineering leadership for vertical farming, greenhouse and controlled-environment agriculture businesses.
Chaseman Global recruits for vertical farming, greenhouse and controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) companies, from CEOs, COOs and board members to head growers, plant scientists and the operations, engineering and commercial teams behind them.
Controlled-environment agriculture has moved from proving that crops can be grown indoors to proving that they can be grown profitably. That shift changes who a business needs: fewer pioneers and more operators who can run a facility to a yield, energy and labor plan, plus commercial leaders who can hold retail and food service contracts.
The people who have run CEA facilities at scale are a small population spread across greenhouse horticulture, food manufacturing and the vertical farming companies themselves. We map all three, because the strongest operations hire often comes from outside vertical farming.
Roles we place
- CEO, COO and Board
- Head Growers and Cultivation Managers
- Plant Scientists and R&D
- Facility and Operations Managers
- Engineering, Controls and Automation
- Commercial and Key Account Managers
What makes this market hard to hire in and how we solve it.
Operators, not just pioneers
Unit economics now decide which businesses survive. Energy, yield and facility discipline matter as much as growing expertise.
How we solve it. We assess candidates on the operating results they have delivered.
Talent from other industries
The strongest candidates often come from glasshouse horticulture, food manufacturing or industrial automation.
How we solve it. We search across those industries, because a sector-only search misses them.
Cautious candidates
Funding pressure and consolidation make experienced people careful about joining.
How we solve it. We present the business case openly and test conviction early, so offers are accepted.
Every search follows our ten-step retained process: a target universe you approve, confidential named approaches, assessed candidates and a target of a shortlist within 21 working days, backed by our 12-month written guarantee.
Common questions.
Do you recruit head growers and plant scientists?
Yes. We recruit cultivation, plant science and R&D roles as well as the operations, engineering and commercial teams around them.
Do you look outside vertical farming for candidates?
Yes. Greenhouse horticulture, food manufacturing and engineering businesses often hold the strongest operations and facility talent, so we map them as standard.
Can you appoint board members for a CEA company?
Yes. We run chair and non-executive searches and offer investors free access to our gated Non-Executive Network.
Do you support CEA companies expanding abroad?
Yes. We recruit in-country teams and Chaseman OnDemand can employ them before a local entity exists.
Brief us on your next critical hire.
A partner will respond within one working day with a view on the market, the approach and the timeline.