PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, VALUE CREATION & CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

Private equity funds add value through their portfolio management teams or specialised value creation professionals. There has also been growth in M&A or corporate development experts driving buy & build strategies.

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Charlie is Managing Director. He has been involved in securing roles for more than 2,000 people around the world, placing more people in the mid-market, growth and venture capital industry than any other search professional since joining PER in 2006.
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Annabelle specialises in private equity roles in the mid-market and lower mid-market.
Annabelle Bates

Head of Mid-Market

Tom focuses on investment roles in the private equity mid-market across Europe, focussing on junior and mid-level roles.
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Placements in the last 15 months

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Senior searches completed

26%

Of placements are women

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Open Portfolio Management, Value Creation, M&A roles
Our expertise

A rising number of investment firms are building dedicated value creation teams to drive the transformation of the businesses they invest into, led by experts in digitisation, pricing strategies, supply chain re-engineering, new market entry and beyond. 

PER is continually developing these specialist networks and candidate pools to support expansionary clients.


Dedicated portfolio managers spend their time working closely with management teams monitoring company performance and helping them achieve their goals and ultimately secure an exit.

PER has been finding and placing portfolio managers for the last 30 years.

The growing importance of Buy & Build strategies is increasing demand from our clients for dedicated M&A professionals working within individual portfolio companies. Our network of investment bankers at large and smaller banks, as well as active boutiques, gives us access to a talent pool eager to be part of these fast-growing businesses, working closely with sponsors and often closely involved in the integration and development of each business as well as the M&A pipeline.


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Client Story

A rapidly growing private equity backed healthcare platform, headquartered away from any financial centre, required an experienced Head of M&A. Using our networks and advanced recruitment technologies we filled this role in three weeks. 


Head of M&A
PE-backed Healthcare Platform 

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