With IPO in the bag, Sheffield Green plots training and listing spinoff for wind energy sector

What started as a way to cut third-party training costs has become the company’s next big play

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Published Mon, Jul 21, 2025 · 07:00 AM — Updated Tue, Jul 29, 2025 · 04:37 PM

Asked what he would say to potential shareholders, Sheffield Green CEO Bryan Kee says: “Definitely, I think, with the diversification that we have with training… gradually that will contribute to the group, that will push up the profitability of the company.” PHOTO: YEN MENG JIIN, BT

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[SINGAPORE] Getting its training centres off the ground took time and resources, but Sheffield Green is going all in on what it calls a “new product line”, with five to six centres set to be running by end-2025 – plus a potential spinoff and listing on the horizon.

Sheffield Green – itself a spinoff of oil and gas recruiter Sheffield Energy – supplies manpower for the renewable energy sector, particularly in offshore wind. After its 2023 Catalist debut, the company looked to diversify and realised that it was spending heavily on third-party training for its workers.

The Global Wind Organisation (GWO), a non-profit industry body, recommends that industry workers are certified in basic training courses, with a mandatory refresher every two years. *see Amendment note 1

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