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Shortlist salary benchmarking: What finance leaders in hydrogen can earn

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Salary benchmark data for senior finance leaders in green hydrogen in South Africa, Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria shows that highly qualified hires expect to be paid a minimum of $72,000 to $85,000 per year. A safe “retention rate”, where finance leaders are not easily poached by competitors, is between $119,000 and $182,000, varying from country to country.
By “leaders” we mean the top functional posts in a company. Our benchmark data is for mid-size companies and assembled in partnership with Shortlist, a leading recruitment agency in Africa.
With hydrogen still emerging as a separate sector, the analysis benchmarks leaders among renewables executives.
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