MOOR Recruitment

About

Executive search, run from inside the industry

MOOR Recruitment is the executive search arm of 7 Oceans Group BV. We appoint the leaders who run maritime, offshore, oil & gas and renewable businesses.

Our Story

Built out of a crewing business, not a database

7 Oceans Group has spent years placing seagoing and technical personnel across maritime and offshore operations. That work produced something a search firm cannot buy: a working understanding of how these organisations are actually staffed, and a network that reaches from the deck to the board.

MOOR Recruitment exists because clients kept asking for the other end of that. Not another twenty crew for a campaign, but the person who will run the fleet, take the operation through an energy-transition pivot, or sit on the board and ask the right questions about it.

So MOOR was set up as a separate practice with its own method — retained, research-led, and confidential where the mandate demands it — while staying connected to the operating business that gives it reach.

At a glance

Practice
Executive search
Founded within
7 Oceans Group BV
Sister company
7 Oceans Crew
Base
Netherlands
Reach
International
Mandates
Retained · Confidential

Vision & Mission

Where we are going, and what we do to get there

Vision

To become the trusted executive search partner within the global offshore energy industry.

Mission

Connecting world-class leadership talent with the companies shaping the future of maritime and offshore energy.

Key numbers

25+
Countries active
8
Sectors covered
500+
Executive network
100%
Confidential approach

Why MOOR Recruitment?

Executive search in this sector is a small world. What matters is whether your search partner is actually in it.

  • Deep offshore and maritime expertise

    Maritime, offshore, oil & gas and renewables are all we do. We know how the roles differ across them and where the people move between them.

  • Global executive network

    A standing network of senior people across 25+ countries, kept current by the searches we run rather than by a database refresh.

  • Confidential and strategic approach

    Many senior mandates cannot be advertised. We run unadvertised searches without exposing your plans or a candidate's position.

  • Strong understanding of offshore operations

    Connected to an operating crew business that places seagoing personnel every day, so the technical brief is understood before it is briefed out.

  • Boutique service with international reach

    You deal with the people running your search. Delivery spans Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.

  • Built for the energy transition

    The same people are moving between oil & gas, offshore wind and hydrogen. We follow those moves rather than treating the sectors as separate markets.

Our Process

  1. Strategic client consultation

    We start with the role in its real context — the team, the reporting line, and the reason the seat is open.

  2. Market mapping & talent identification

    We map the market rather than search a database, so you see who exists, not only who is looking.

  3. Executive search & candidate approach

    Direct, discreet approaches to the people identified. Confidential mandates run without your name attached.

  4. Leadership assessment & interviews

    Structured interviews against the brief, assessed on capability, track record and stakeholder fit.

  5. Shortlist presentation

    A shortlist with written reasoning attached, not a stack of CVs.

  6. Offer management & placement support

    We stay in the process through offer, notice and start — the stage where senior hires most often fall over.

Global industry focus

Delivering leadership solutions across five regions

  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • Africa
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Americas

Powered by 7 Oceans Group BV

Two practices, one network

MOOR and 7 Oceans Crew serve different levels of the same organisations. Neither could reach as far alone.

Crewing agency

7 Oceans Crew

Places seagoing and offshore personnel at volume — officers, engineers, technicians and project crew. The day-to-day contact with vessels and sites that keeps the network current.

Executive search

MOOR Recruitment

Retained search and advisory for board, C-suite and senior leadership appointments across the same four sectors. Research-led, and confidential by default.

Group companies share infrastructure and market knowledge. Candidate and client information is not shared between practices without a lawful basis and, where required, explicit consent. See the Candidate Privacy Notice.

Contact

Tell us about the seat you need to fill

Whether it is a defined mandate or an early conversation about a team you are planning to build, we will tell you honestly whether we are the right partner for it.

Request a Consultation

For confidential mandates, contact us directly rather than through the form.