Head of Natural Capital Consultancy – Build It, Lead It, Share the Upside

Redfox Executive; Bury St Edmunds; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the UK is seeking a founder-leader to launch and build their new Natural Capital Consultancy. This role involves significant responsibilities, including shaping the practice and driving commercial success, with a strong profit share incentive. Ideal candidates will have a background in environmental consultancy and relevant commercial acumen. The position offers a fully hybrid working model with UK travel.

Benefits

Profit share/equity-style incentive

Fully hybrid work environment

Founding seat in a critical business arm

Qualifications

• Experience in launching a consultancy in biodiversity or natural capital.
• Understanding of carbon codes and habitat management.
• Commercial skills with tenders, contracts, and pricing.

Responsibilities

• Build and scale the Natural Capital Consultancy.
• Develop pricing strategies and delivery playbooks.
• Deliver advisory services on BNG and natural capital.

Skills

Track record launching/scaling environmental consultancy

Fluency in BNG metrics

Commercial acumen

Network across relevant sectors

Thought leadership

Job description

Location : UK-wide (fully hybrid)

• Function : New Venture Build-out (Natural Capital)

Package: Executive base + profit share / equity-style upside + benefits

The Brief

Our client is a UK market leader in defined horticultural sectors. They’re now launching a Natural Capital Consultancy to sit alongside their products – advising landowners, developers, utilities and public bodies on BNG, carbon, biodiversity, water, access to nature markets, and long‑term stewardship. We’ve been mandated to find the founder‑leader (and / or core team) to design, launch and scale this practice from day one.

Why this is different

• Serious backing : well‑funded platform, existing national customer base, and production credibility.
• White space + timing : exploding demand for biodiversity net gain , nature credits, and landscape‑scale projects.
• Real upside : share in the commercial success (profit share / equity‑style plan) as you build a lasting, sustainable business.

What you’ll do

• Build the practice : proposition, pricing, delivery playbooks, KPIs, P&L ownership.
• Win the work : convert the existing client base and open new channels (landowners, developers, infra, local authorities, NGOs).
• Deliver with quality : end‑to‑end advisory—baselining, natural capital accounting, UKHab / UKHAF mapping, BNG design, carbon / biodiversity credit pathways, monitoring & verification.
• Productise : create scalable toolkits, templates and partnerships (remote sensing / MRV, digital platforms, academic links).
• Hire & lead : assemble ecologists / foresters / analysts; set culture, governance and QA.

What you’ll bring

• Track record launching / scaling environmental / natural capital / Biodiversity Net Gain or forestry / ecology consultancy.
• Fluency in BNG metrics , UKHab, natural capital accounting, carbon codes (Woodland / Peatland), habitat creation and long‑term management plans.
• Commercial acumen (tenders / frameworks, pricing, margin, contracts) and board‑level stakeholder skills.
• Network across landowners, developers, utilities, planners, local authorities and NGOs.
• Thought leadership and the ability to turn complexity into clear, bankable client outcomes.

What’s on offer

• Founding seat in a new, strategically critical arm with strong financial backing.
• Profit share / equity‑style incentive aligned to growth and margin.
• Fully hybrid with UK travel; build your team and delivery model.
• Mission + margin : create nature‑positive outcomes and a durable, high‑value business.

Ready to build something that lasts?

Send your CV or team profile to Redfox Executive Selection via this website (confidentially), or call 01284 715055 quoting Ref : 5992M asking for Max MacGillivray.

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