Sean Latus, CEO at Calisen: How I'm Growing a £2 Billion Net Zero Giant!

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Jack Parsons

Business, Careers

4.2 • 5 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Group CEO of Calisen, Sean Latus joined the company in October 2014, holding a number of senior roles in the business prior to his promotion in July 2021. Initially Chief Investment Officer, he supported the transition of the business from an owner of traditional meters to being a broader provider of energy infrastructure services to the retail market, overseeing the company’s growth and driving its mission to provide Smarter Energy for All.With over 20 years’ experience raising infrastructure finance and equity funding, Sean held the CFO position at Calisen from February 2018 until he became Group CEO, and has worked across multiple infrastructure sectors both in the UK and overseas. Previous roles have included Head of Investments at Costain plc, Senior Director at RBS Project and Infrastructure Finance, and Investment Director at John Laing.Episode TimestampsEpisode Partner

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0:00.0	You're probably going to know somebody who's in a job who can help you with a CB.
0:04.0	Ask them to read it.
0:05.0	Listen.
0:06.0	Don't be defensive.
0:07.0	Two ears, one mouth.
0:08.0	Listen to what somebody's got to say.
0:10.0	Take their advice.
0:11.0	Keep restructuring it.
0:12.0	If you can't get your point across on that one page, then you're really going to struggle.
0:15.0	Don't just pour your heart and soul onto a piece of paper.
0:18.0	It's just off putting for the recipient. Thank you for helping us break it down because there's not enough education, especially
0:23.6	when it comes to a career advice.
0:25.6	Hi, my name is Sean Latus.
0:29.6	I'm the CEO at Callison.
0:31.6	We have 1,700 employees and this is my do-day flip.
0:35.6	Put yourself in front of opportunity. You have to be brave. I've. Put yourself in front of opportunity.
0:39.1	You have to be brave.
0:41.5	I've always put myself in front of opportunity.
0:45.6	Luck plays a part in your career, but if you're not out there,
0:48.2	very unlikely that things will land on your lap.
0:51.9	And what was the moment that helped you become your authentic self?
0:57.5	I hid that side of my life for a long time, and that's really complicated if you work so much better and you're so much happier if you can just be yourself.
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