About us
BUILT TO REMOVE THE LIMITATIONS OF TRADITIONAL HIRING.
Full-market visibility and scalable reach, powered by technology and guided by human judgement, for better hiring outcomes across the energy sectors.
Who we are
Smart4 Energy is a rapidly growing talent solutions provider serving the global energy sector, with offices in Aberdeen, Darlington, London, Cape Town, and Austin.
As part of the NGAGE Talent Group, a $1 billion business with over 1,000 employees across 10 countries, we specialise in creating innovative talent solutions for companies that need energy sector experts at every stage of the energy lifecycle.
Through its global infrastructure, Smart4 Energy supports EOR, MSP, RPO, payroll, compliance, benchmarking and talent mapping – enabling consistent delivery across regions.
Search without constraints
Smart4 Energy was built by leaders across global recruitment, executive search and in‑house models, who saw the same problems repeated.
We removed the two constraints: visibility and scale.
By rebuilding executive‑search principles with technology, data and global infrastructure, they now work across every role.
Technology enables scale.
People provide judgement.
Outcomes come from combining both.
Meet the team
Alistair Reid
Business Development Director
With a commercial background in energy recruitment and talent management, Alistair helps clients strengthen delivery through smarter hiring. He focuses on executive search, contract/project staffing, and RPO/MSP models – bringing market insight, speed, and trusted relationships to every mandate.
Dafne Devereux-Quicke
Associate Director
With a strong background in energy recruitment and operational excellence, Dafne supports clients and candidates with a relationship-led approach. She drives talent strategies that build high‑performing teams, enabling sustainable growth and helping deliver long‑term project success.
David Langburn
Operations Director
With a delivery-first mindset in energy recruitment, David leads operational execution from talent mapping through shortlist delivery. He blends strategically mapped, analytically researched market insight with relationship-led service, helping clients secure high-performing teams across 30+ countries.
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nGAGE Talent
Smart4 Energy is backed by nGAGE, the world’s leading platform and investor for specialist recruitment businesses. nGAGE provides the global infrastructure, governance and support required to scale recruitment firms internationally – while allowing each business to retain its own identity, leadership and market focus.
This partnership gives Smart4 Energy the ability to operate with enterprise-level capability across regions, services and compliance frameworks, while remaining agile, specialist-led and client-focused in everything we do.