Specialist Executive Search for PE, Venture and Growth-Backed Businesses
We work exclusively with PE, venture and growth-backed businesses, placing the senior leaders who decide whether the plan gets delivered.
Working with us
Two ways we work
For the sponsors and boards who back a business, and for the leadership teams who run one.
The first step is a 30-minute call. No fee, no obligation. You get a direct view on candidate supply, likely profiles and a realistic timeline before anything is agreed.
About Us
A search partner who knows your world
PE, venture and growth-backed businesses are the only market we serve, and we know them 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 or the next round, the hold period or the runway, 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, drawing on our proprietary network and targeted market mapping. It stays confidential throughout, from first brief to accepted offer.
For Investors, Boards and Chief Executives
Seven-Day Leadership Assessment
Can this team deliver the plan?
Most leadership problems in a PE- or venture-backed business are obvious in hindsight and rarely at the time. In seven days we assess up to five executives against eight dimensions and tell whoever commissioned the work whether the team and the plan are matched, while that is still a development question rather than a replacement decision.
Explore the assessmentDelivered with Talentpraxis Group,
a firm of Chartered Occupational Psychologists.
7
Days, briefing to debrief
8
Dimensions scored
4
Stages covered
What you receive
A Red / Amber / Green rating against the plan
A scored profile for each executive, with the evidence behind every flag
Team analysis across the eight dimensions
An action plan role by role, and a partner-led debrief
Our Executive Searches
Two specialisms with the same standard of search. Choose the one that fits the business you back or run.
Private equity-backed businesses
From entry to exit
Leadership for the value-creation plan, buy-and-build and the exit, with interim cover when a seat empties mid-hold.
Explore PE-backed search →Venture-backed businesses
From Series A to exit
First institutional hires, the Series B step-up and the board ahead of exit, with advice on which hire comes next and what to offer.
- CEO search→
- CFO search→
- COO search→
- CRO and VP Revenue search→
- CTO and CPO search→
- Chief AI Officer search→
What we commit to
How every search runs
Market mapping
Every mandate draws on our proprietary network and targeted mapping of the market.
Seven criteria
Two structured interviews per candidate, scored against seven criteria agreed with you up front.
Within 3 weeks
From brief to shortlist presentation. You decide how wide a pool you see, up to the full longlist.
Weekly
A written update every week. If the pipeline is behind, you hear it that week.
60 to 70 days
From brief to accepted offer, typically.
6 months
Placement guarantee on every retained mandate. Conditions apply.
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.
The CRO title should follow the span of the job
The CRO title should follow the span of the job
Name the integrator at the second add-on
Name the integrator at the second add-on
The non-executives go on completion. The management deal comes later.