Founded by Alka Graham, who has worked in the energy sector for more than 10 years, Surya – which means ‘the sun’ in Sanskrit – is the first business of its kind to be supported by Bristol-based TIMESTWO Investments. TIMESTWO is a start-up and scale-up initiative led by two recruitment entrepreneurs Mike Beesley and Keith Dawe, and was launched last year with the aim of finding the industry’s next big names, according to a company statement.

Graham said that Surya’s business model was based on tackling climate change by resourcing across sector areas, enabling professionals to move from oil & gas to renewables and to identify candidates from a variety of diverse backgrounds.

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