Specialist Executive Search for Private Capital-Backed Businesses
We work exclusively with private capital-backed businesses, placing the senior leaders who decide whether the plan gets delivered.
About Us
A search partner who knows your world
Private capital is the only market we serve, and we know it from the inside.
Get in touchSpecialist by design
We work only with PE, venture and growth-backed businesses, where leadership decides the outcome. That focus means a faster search and a sharper shortlist.
Briefed on the commercial context
We understand the value-creation plan, the hold period and the board's expectations, so the people you meet are equipped for the job as it actually is, not the job description.
Partner-led and discreet
Every search is led personally and mapped from the ground up, never pulled from a database. It stays confidential throughout, from first brief to accepted offer.
A search built for private capital-backed businesses
6-Month Guarantee
On every retained mandate, conditions apply
7-Point Assessment
Private-capital criteria, every candidate scored
For Private Capital Sponsors & Portfolio Companies
Talent Risk Assessment
Is leadership risk on your radar?
Most leadership failures in a portfolio company are only obvious in hindsight. Our board-ready diagnostic scores a management team against private-capital benchmarks, giving sponsors an evidence-based view of the risk before it shows up in performance, timelines, or at exit.
Explore the assessmentDelivered in partnership with Talentpraxis Group,
a firm of Chartered Occupational Psychologists.
7
Days to report
8
Dimensions scored
4
Stages covered
What you receive
A Red / Amber / Green risk rating for the team
Individual leadership profiles with capability gaps
Team-dynamics analysis across the eight dimensions
A prioritised 90-day action plan and board debrief
Our Executive Searches
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Revenue leadership that creates enterprise value and commercial performance.
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Track Record
Selected placements
A snapshot of senior leaders placed across private equity, venture and growth-backed businesses. Identities are withheld for confidentiality.
Chief Executive Officer
Buyout PE-backed · industrial services · buy-and-build · DACH
A newly acquired industrial services platform in Germany needed a value-creation CEO to lead an ambitious buy-and-build, replacing a retiring founder while holding the operating team and customer base steady.
58
Days, brief to accepted offer
A buy-and-build CEO appointed, with a completed bolt-on inside the first year of the hold.
Chief Financial Officer
VC-backed enterprise software · US-backed
First dedicated senior finance appointment in a founder-led business after two acquisitions in 18 months: group consolidation across three jurisdictions and board-ready packs for a US VC investor.
65
Days, brief to offer
Assessed shortlist of 5; first dedicated finance leader placed.
Chief Revenue Officer
Growth-equity-backed · B2B SaaS platform
A growth-equity-backed SaaS business turning strong product-market fit into a predictable revenue engine across a demanding, multi-channel enterprise sales model.
150%
YoY growth after the hire
Revenue leadership appointed on the standard search timeline.