Our brief to PER was to identify a senior investor to lead our entry into the DACH market, who can put us on the map, source and win the right deals and build our presence and team over time. Rupert Bell's ability to communicate this opportunity and present it in an exciting and compelling fashion generated an excellent shortlist of candidates. His advice and judgement on the follow-up helped us select and convert our first choice in a discreet and elegant way.
Pierre Meignen
Partner at Eurazeo
Rupert has been instrumental in expanding our presence across Europe, and will now lead us into the next chapter of our growth. Under his leadership, I am confident that we will strengthen our capabilities in placing senior executives and investment professionals across the entire spectrum of private markets, from partner to analyst, as well as C-suite roles.
His appointment as CEO marks a significant milestone in our company's journey, with his deep industry knowledge, strategic vision, and proven success in expanding our geographic footprint, he is the ideal leader to take us into our next phase of growth.
Gail McManus
Founder Director
I have known Rupert Bell and his colleagues for several years. So, when the need arose to bring a new senior colleague into our investment team at Reimann Investors, it was natural to seek their support.
Rupert understood our business’s strategy and culture. He articulated the need I was trying to address with the right mixture of technical skills, sector focus, and leadership. PER has an extensive and active network of talented investors, and Rupert presented me with a strong list of suitable candidates. A front-runner quickly emerged, and we secured an ideal person with maximum efficiency and focus.
The team at PER stand out for their expertise in private markets and their ability to reach relevant people with compelling opportunities at the right time.
Hans-Christian Perle
Reimann Investors
As part of the expansion and evolution of our senior team, we asked Rupert Bell at PER to identify potential new team members, with a specific view to cultural fit as well as other critical aspects including technical skills, commercial judgment and deal experience.
Rupert leveraged PER’s extensive network to access a range of talent and presented our firm in a distinctive and compelling fashion. We were able to engage with several seasoned investors with a genuine appetite to help us grow our business in an entrepreneurial fashion. With a great bench of options, we could select from a position of strength.
The process was tightly managed, PER’s candidate recommendations demonstrated a genuine understanding of our business and culture and we are delighted with the outcome.
Uwe Steinbacher
SHS Capital
As a part of Nalka's strategic ambition to expand into the DACH region, we selected PER, with Rupert Bell and his team, to lead the recruitment process of a managing director. Rupert showed a strong commitment and through his network generated strong interest in the position. After meeting several candidates Nalka managed to find the right person for the position and has since opened an office, built a strong team and made their first DACH deal.
Martin Lagerblad, Managing Director
Nalka
PER is a close and esteemed partner to FSN Capital. For several years, we have been working with PER across geographies. In particular, Rupert Bell and his German colleagues have over the past three years assisted us in recruiting our entire team based in Munich.
Rupert truly knows the PE industry and what’s more: our unique culture and points of differentiation. He and his team support us with client centricity, integrity and a relentless commitment to finding the best possible solution.
Patrice Jabet, Partner
FSN Capital
In our plans to launch an innovative new small-cap LBO fund in Germany, we needed to identify a partner to lead the investment team. Despite a tight labour market, PER were able to articulate this as a compelling career option for a senior investor looking for an exciting and entrepreneurial leadership challenge and they identified a high calibre shortlist of relevant candidates from their extensive network, in a very short time frame. This was especially impressive given we had to keep the search rather confidential for various reasons. They also helped us assess the best fit and commercial terms for success.
Private Equity is after all a people business and the key to bringing our business to life has been working with an adviser who understands us and what makes us different. We are now continuing our working relationship to build out the rest of the deal team together.
Marco Pagacz
SEVEST
PER helped us in recruiting leadership for our DACH office.
We have been impressed with their pragmatic, interactive approach and their broad network in the market.
Managing Director
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners Europe
It was not only inspiring to talk to you, but you definitely stick out very, very much in a positive way from mainstream headhunters.
Thank you so much for your introductions
Senior Industry Executive
Munich
