FUND OPERATIONS

As private markets strengthen their corporate functions, securing exceptional leadership is increasingly important. Our Head of Corporate Functions, Dean Terry, and Finance & Data expert, Dylan Rosser, specialise in recruiting COOs, CFOs, Heads of HR, General Counsel, transformation specialists and other senior corporate functions professionals.

Building your leadership pipeline



The search for fund operations leadership, requires a strong understanding of the market and the players within it. 

We approach all senior mandates with thorough research, reaching-out extensively across our network, using rigorous screening interviews to generate detailed reports which ensure the success of these pivotal searches. 


 


Mid-level searches for corporate functions roles will target people in private markets as well as public including the wider finance and professional services sectors. 

Our experts search across the network and reference extensively to ensure the quality of the shortlisted candidates.


Junior team members are often recruited from outside the private markets space, and each search requires an extensive reach out to the wider ecosystem. 

Our experts combine wide outreach with web-based advertising and broader search tools to identify strong shortlists with the required level of skills and experience.


OUR EXPERTISE

Fund operations appointments 

within the private markets space


Over the last four years, we have built an extensive network and talent pool of senior to junior candidates across multiple jurisdictions including the UK, the USA and Europe.



Our experts

Dean joined PER in 2018 and has since built a strong track record in appointing Corporate Functions professionals across the private markets.
Dean Terry

Principal, Head of Corporate Functions

Dylan joined PER in 2024 and leads the Finance and Data team. Dylan specialises in mid to senior-level finance, portfolio management, analytics and data hires across Private Equity, Real Estate and Direct Lending strategies in London and Europe.
Dylan Rosser

Vice President, Finance & Data

Nadja is head of CFO and senior finance roles for our clients' portfolio companies, as well as in-house senior finance roles across continental the DACH regions.
Nadja Essmann

Partner, Head of CFO & Executive Practice, DACH

Sophie is a Principal for Latin America, working with Private Equity, Family Offices, Infrastructure, Energy and Real Estate funds.
Sophie de la Sierra

Principal, Latin America

Katarina is based PER’s Munich office. As a VP, she specializes in the placement of CFOs and Finance Directors within private equity funds and their portfolio companies across the DACH region.
Katarina Stojcic

Vice President, CFO Practice, DACH

As part of the CFO Practice Team at PER, Laura supports live executive search mandates and actively contributes to the expansion of PER’s network of senior finance professionals.
Laura Knauff

Associate, CFO Practice, DACH

Letty provides comprehensive administrative support for the corporate functions team, the finance & data team, as well as life sciences and high growth teams.
Letty Maurin

Assistant Team Coordinator

Stacey Epps oversees the logistics and administration for roles across finance & data, corporate functions, life sciences and high growth, ensuring every detail is handled smoothly and efficiently.
Stacey Epps

Team Coordinator

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EXPERIENCE
Client stories

A leading impact investor was looking to expand their legal function by hiring a legal counsel

The fund was looking for an ambitious up-and-coming legal professional with exposure to transaction/M&A law. Utilising our broad search network of junior-mid level professionals in this space, we successfully screened a number of candidates from our candidate pool. From these options, we sourced a fantastic candidate with the right experience and a keen interest in impact investing.


A new private equity business, who had just raised their debut fund and were about to launch their second fundraise, were looking to build out their finance team by hiring a CFO

They needed a young and ambitious finance professional with private equity experience, looking to make the step up, to come in and build out the finance function of the business. We used our extensive network in private equity to put together a strong initial shortlist, from which the successful candidate was hired.


A global investment manager with a diverse portfolio was looking to hire a company secretary/head of governance to oversee legal proceedings following a period of growth

With investments across several jurisdictions, the fund needed a corporate governance professional to secure regulatory approval for its board procedures.  Our bespoke search process identified an excellent candidate to fill this role.

A long standing client of PER was having difficulty with a Tax Associate search in their New York office

PER had already worked successfully with their European team and were invited to support on this search. Our research and marketing platforms indentifed a number of strong new candidates.

A global multi-asset investment fund was searching for an HR manager to join their London office

The ideal candidate needed prior experience in designing and optimising people processes. We undertook a specialised search to focus on this skillset, and generated a strong initial shortlist with a succesful placement soon after. 


We worked with a leading private capital and growth investor who were looking for a portfolio management professional to establish a new role in the business to drive improvements in data management and portfolio reporting in order to better serve their investors

The candidate needed to demonstrate previous private equity experience and proven data management capabilities.  Our work on this search combined harnessing our network with targeted fresh research and we were able to find our client a fantastic candidate.

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