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Chief Financial Officer

Private Equity Portfolio Company · United Kingdom — anonymised and published with client consent.

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Business context
Buy-and-build platform preparing for a refinancing and eventual exit.
Search challenge
A CFO with integration experience across multiple acquisitions and credibility with lenders, recruited confidentially while the incumbent remained in post.
Outcome
Appointed within eleven weeks; refinancing completed the following quarter.

How the search was run

  1. 01

    Mandate Definition

  2. 02

    Leadership Profile

  3. 03

    Market Mapping

  4. 04

    Target Identification

  5. 05

    Executive Approach

  6. 06

    Assessment & Calibration

  7. 07

    Shortlist Presentation

  8. 08

    Client Interviews

  9. 09

    References & Due Diligence

  10. 10

    Offer & Negotiation

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    Appointment

  12. 12

    Transition & Onboarding

Assessment framework

Executive track recordFunctional expertiseScale and complexityP&L responsibilityTransformation experienceInternational exposureBoard interactionCultural alignmentStrategic capabilityLeadership styleMotivationCompensation alignment