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When your investor is also your customerInsights

When your investor is also your customer

Strategic capital is now on European defence cap tables. What that does to a commercial…
September 9, 20266 min
When the lender becomes the ownerInsights

When the lender becomes the owner

Goldman counts 150 European companies whose lenders took the equity since 2017. Over 80% sit…
September 2, 20266 min
Commercial leadership in European defence: what a sponsor is actually choosing betweenInsights

Commercial leadership in European defence: what a sponsor is actually choosing between

Three start-ups won German drone orders, then the incumbent signed for more than all three…
August 27, 20265 min
Two names on the door: what a Co-CEO structure means for a sponsor at entry, scale and exitInsights

Two names on the door: what a Co-CEO structure means for a sponsor at entry, scale and exit

Shared control at the top of European software is more common than sponsors assume. What…
August 12, 20266 min
The first institutional CFO: why the brief is set by ownership, not sectorInsights

The first institutional CFO: why the brief is set by ownership, not sector

Private equity's most frequent senior hire is also its most poorly specified. The first institutional…
July 29, 20267 min
The Seat Private Equity Cut Is the One It Now Needs: The Return of the Operating COOInsights

The Seat Private Equity Cut Is the One It Now Needs: The Return of the Operating COO

Private equity spent a decade cutting the COO. In an operational-return era of longer holds,…
July 28, 20266 min
The AI Operating Partner: European PE’s Most Urgent Leadership Hire in a GenerationInsights

The AI Operating Partner: European PE’s Most Urgent Leadership Hire in a Generation

Most PE firms have committed over $1M to AI. Under 5% of their portfolio companies…
July 16, 20267 min
Don’t Hire a Chief AI Officer: Why Private Equity’s AI Value-Creation Gap Is a Leadership Problem, Not a Technology OneInsights

Don’t Hire a Chief AI Officer: Why Private Equity’s AI Value-Creation Gap Is a Leadership Problem, Not a Technology One

95% of PE funds say AI is meeting its business case, but only 17% are…
June 29, 20266 min
Taken Private: The CEO Question Europe’s Sponsors Keep Getting WrongInsights

Taken Private: The CEO Question Europe’s Sponsors Keep Getting Wrong

As Europe's take-private wave accelerates, the CEO retention decision at point of deal is the…
May 27, 20266 min
Four Weeks to June 7: The Pay Transparency Deadline That Will Separate Leading PE Portfolios From the RestInsights

Four Weeks to June 7: The Pay Transparency Deadline That Will Separate Leading PE Portfolios From the Rest

The EU Pay Transparency Directive becomes law on 7 June 2026. Here is what every…
May 14, 20266 min
The 73% Problem: Why CEO Succession Is Private Equity’s Most Predictable Challenge and Its Most Poorly ManagedInsights

The 73% Problem: Why CEO Succession Is Private Equity’s Most Predictable Challenge and Its Most Poorly Managed

73% of PE-backed CEOs are replaced during the hold period. Why leadership succession remains private…
May 6, 20266 min
The CRO Moment: Why European PE Is Replacing CFO Searches with Revenue LeadersInsights

The CRO Moment: Why European PE Is Replacing CFO Searches with Revenue Leaders

European private equity is shifting from CFO to CRO. Discover why revenue leadership has become…
April 29, 20266 min