Private Equity
Leadership that drives portfolio performance
We partner with Private Equity firms helping drive performance across their portfolio companies by appointing management who deliver results.
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Whether scaling, succession planning or turnaround, we appoint individuals who bring pace and discipline to value creation plans.
Our work is grounded in understanding the investment thesis, the value agenda and the leadership behaviours required to deliver it.
We partner with investors and management teams ensuring leadership is aligned with strategy at every stage of the investment cycle.
Our involvement coincides with Series A to B Venture Capital and Private Equity investment and or growth related bolt-ons M&A, scaling or exit.
When revised strategic objectives demand a review or upgrade of the management team we help.
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Our approach
Judgement led, data informed and discreet. We combine targeted search, behavioural assessment and market benchmarking to secure leaders who perform.
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Typical mandates
• CEO, CFO, COO, CMO, CTO
• Commercial and operational leadership
• Turnaround and special situations
• Post acquisition upgrades
• Pre exit strengthening
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We are known to many of the regions leading investors including Mercia, Foresight, NorthStar, Key Capital Partners, Palatine and Maven, as well as local authority‑linked investment vehicles, University spin‑outs and ecosystems such as Dynamo North East.
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"We recruit leaders at the intersection of Finance & Growth"
Portfolio Company Leadership
Driving Business Growth
We appoint leaders to deliver value‑creation plans which drive revenue and maximise business valuations.
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In many cases our appointments have guided firms through growth including multiple financing rounds culminating in successful exit.
Succession Planning
Future Proofing Growth
Future Leadership Requirements
Founding a business presents different challenges from series A-B scaling.
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Not all founders understand how to scale and sell a business.
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We work with investors to understand growth expectations and appoint leaders versed in the specific stages of a company lifecycle.
Management Who Deliver
Securing investment, scaling businesses and preparing for exit is an art form.
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For the uninitiated the journey is full of pitfalls.
We help by professionalising management teams and boards by hiring leaders who have secured investment, scaled and exited.
Investment, Scale & Exit
Readiness
Complex Situations, Transformation & Turnaround
Transforming Underperforming Assets
We stabilise and strengthen underperforming assets by securing leaders capable of turning complexity into value.
We work with investment teams to diagnose the assets requirements, whether that is a turnaround CEO or commercially minded CFO.
Our search process is forensic, data‑led, and grounded in decades of experience across stressed, distressed, and transitional environments.
