SAN FRANCISCO and LONDON, January 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- New strategic alliance with mosaic Global Executive Search to enhance search capabilities in Europe, Asia and Asia Pacific

The Cleantech Group(TM) today announced a strategic partnership between its executive search business, Cleantech Search(TM), and mosaic Global Executive Search.

The alliance will enable Cleantech Search to expand its executive search capabilities to international markets and leverage mosaic's global network, which includes Gillamor Stephens in Europe, Braithwaite Steiner Pretty in Asia Pacific as well as Mainstay Partners of Boston and LGES of San Francisco in the US.

"To date, our executive search activity has been North America-centric," said Ray Fortney, Managing Partner, Cleantech Search. "By partnering with mosaic Global Executive Search, we now have the reach to support the rapid global growth of the cleantech sector. Over the past year, we developed a strong working relationship with mosaic through several highly successful global searches in the cleantech sector."

Steve Lavelle from Gillamor Stephens, the European Partner of mosaic added, "It's clear that cleantech is rapidly emerging as a significant sector within the technology marketplace, and Europe is leading the way with exciting early stage companies joining the ranks of longer-established organizations. Our partnership with the Cleantech Group will support and accelerate the growth of clean technologies globally."

About Cleantech Group(TM), LLC

The Cleantech Group(TM) LLC provides insight, opportunities and builds relationships that catalyze and accelerate market adoption and commercialization of clean technologies globally. The Cleantech Group(TM) family of companies founded the cleantech investment category and through its membership services brings together investors, executives, thought leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs to facilitate the growth of cleantech globally through its business units; the Cleantech Network(R), Cleantech Advisors(TM), Cleantech Indices(TM), Cleantech Search(TM), Cleantech China(TM) and Cleantech India(TM). Visit http://www.cleantech.com.

About mosaic

mosaic is a global executive search partnership with a difference. A synergistic combination of leading regional search firms, we specialize in working with high growth technology companies as they expand to a global footprint, as well as providing a truly global search capability. Visit http://www.mosaicexecutive.com.

Web site: http://www.cleantech.com http://www.mosaicexecutive.com

Press, Caroline Venza, caroline@antennagroup.com, +1-415-977-1939, for The Cleantech Group; or Ray Fortney of Cleantech Search, searchinfo@cleantech.com, +1-925-275-3221