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Private Equity
Executive Search.

Senior investment professionals, operating partners and portfolio company C-suite across mid-market through mega-cap buyout — placed through partner-led, research-driven mandates.

Mid-Market Buyout Large & Mega-Cap Sector Funds Secondaries Continuation Vehicles

What We Cover

From first deal team to firm-wide leadership.

Our PE practice spans the full investment org chart — and the operating bench that sits alongside it. We are equally comfortable placing the first Associate at a newly-launched mid-market fund and the second Partner at a $50B platform with a clear succession path.

We work with general partners, managing partners, CHROs and board members. Every mandate is led by a partner from calibration through integration; no work is handed off to junior researchers, and no role is filled before we believe the fit is right for both sides.

Roles Placed

Across every level.

Investment Team

  • Managing Partner
  • Partner
  • Principal · Director
  • Vice President
  • Associate · Senior Associate

Operating Bench

  • Head of Operating Group
  • Senior Operating Partner
  • Sector Operating Partner
  • Functional Operating Partner (Pricing, Talent, Digital)
  • Value Creation Director

Portfolio C-Suite

  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Chief Commercial / Revenue Officer
  • Chief Human Resources Officer

Capital Formation

  • Head of Investor Relations
  • Director of Capital Formation
  • LP Relationship Lead
  • Co-Investment Lead

Fund Operations

  • Chief Financial Officer (fund)
  • General Counsel
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • Head of Fund Operations

Strategic Hires

  • Head of ESG / Sustainability
  • Head of Data & Analytics
  • Head of Portfolio Talent
  • Strategic Advisor / Board Member

Recent Mandate Types

Representative engagements.

All references anonymized to protect client and candidate confidentiality. Fund size and geography indicative only.

Mandate A

Partner — Mid-Market Buyout

$3B North American mid-market fund, healthcare sector lead. 11-week confidential search.

Mandate B

CFO — Portfolio SaaS Platform

$400M ARR vertical SaaS portfolio company. Public-company-track CFO with PE experience.

Mandate C

Head of Capital Formation

Mid-market fund preparing for fund III. New hire to lead institutional LP relationships.

Mandate D

Operating Partner — Industrials

Senior operator with manufacturing P&L experience joining a $10B platform.

Mandate E

VP & Principal Build-Out

Five-role programme for an emerging manager launching from a parent firm. 6-month delivery.

Mandate F

Talent Map — Secondaries

Pre-launch mapping of senior secondaries talent in advance of a new strategy.

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