What we do
Our expertise
Our exclusive focus on private capital ensures we place individuals who create measurable impact and work alongside management teams to achieve their value creation goals.
We partner with funds and portfolio companies at all stages of the investment cycle across the UK, Europe and North America. We act as a partner to support business and career growth, offering exceptional service at an unrivalled pace.
Learn more about our specialisms below.
Private Capital
The key to successful investments is the strongest investment professionals. We support private market funds to secure and retain these hires. From analyst to partner, we have a deep network across the feeder pools of professional service firms and are expertly placed with longstanding expertise in moving investment professionals within the industry.
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We are experts at placing first time entrants to the industry, including multiple team builds. We are regularly engaged by our clients on the most critical senior and mid-level appointments.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with our private capital team.
Get in touchValue creation is an essential part of any investor’s toolkit. We have seen an ever increasing focus from funds building in-house value creation and operating partner teams. Whether it be functional experts or professionals with broad value creation experience, we regularly support our clients secure the skillset aligned to their needs for this critical role.
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Perfectly placed to work on both permanent and interim assignments, we combine specialist expertise with a broad network to connect exceptional candidates with the right opportunities.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with Charlie Linacre, Managing Director or Harry Brooks, Director.
Download the latest edition of our Operating Partner Playbook here.
ContactOur Capital Formation & Investor Solutions practice partners with private market firms to build best-in-class fundraising, investor relations and capital solutions teams. We advise on senior and specialist hires, including primary, secondaries and co-investments fundraising, as well as continuation vehicles, supporting platforms at every stage of their capital strategy.
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Perfectly placed to work on both permanent and interim assignments, we combine specialist expertise with a broad network to connect exceptional candidates with the right opportunities.
Building out a pan-European M&A function for a software provider
Challenge: Forterro, a leading European industrials software provider, needed to build a high-performing M&A and integration team with three critical…
Partnering with a European fund to place a fundraising specialist
We worked with pan-European fund Aurelius Group to search for a dedicated professional.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with our investment team.
ContactFund finance is fundamental for the efficient and effective management of our clients’ businesses. Whether it be fund accounting, corporate accounting, data science or CFO level hiring, we are experts at steering the search for and placing these complex roles.
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Perfectly placed to work on both permanent and interim assignments, we combine specialist expertise with a broad network to connect exceptional candidates with the right opportunities.
Contact the team
To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with our fund finance team.
Get in touchPortfolio hires
Today, the role of the Chief Financial Officer extends far beyond financials. With expertise grounded in 15 years of experience of placing top finance leaders into private equity-backed businesses, our team recognises the pivotal role and enormous impact strong CFOs can play in an organisation.
With wider business initiatives now falling to finance teams, we understand a CFO often needs a diverse range of expertise to achieve success. We have the skills and capabilities to deliver on searches spanning sectors and business objectives.
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We have more than a decade of proven expertise in placing Chief Financial Officers to lead businesses through investment cycles, deals and exits, to strength existing finance capabilities or to drive sustained profitability, on both a permanent and interim basis.
Rapid Placement of a Strategic Finance Business Partner in a Complex MedTech Environment
Finatal worked at pace to support Wörner Medical in the appointment of a strategic Finance Business Partner.
Appointing a CFO to Support Truelink Capital’s Carve-Out of SouthernCarlson
Finatal partnered with Truelink Capital ahead of closing its carve-out of SouthernCarlson to deliver a best-in-class CFO with deep distribution and PE experience, enabling a seamless Day 1 and a more data-driven, value-creation focused finance function.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with Jamie Irwin, Partner & Head of CFO Practice.
Get in touchWe partner with clients to address critical leadership gaps, placing individuals who can drive immediate impact within organisations. We have built a global network of experienced interim managers, essential for navigating transitions, leading transformation initiatives, and ensuring business continuity. The scale of our network enables us to connect organisations and leaders needed to drive success at pace.
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Our interim CFO and finance leadership team places contractors to lead finance functions into businesses of a range of sectors, covering international markets, and we were named as a Platinum Service Provider by the Institute of Interim Management in 2023 and 2024.
Post-merger integration experts across our interim network, supporting multiple funds
it is vital that we are able to deploy trusted, investor-savvy, post-merger integration resource into portfolio companies
Post-deal professionalisation for Inflexion-backed IT services business Systal
We were asked to provide experienced finance professionals to assist the business and Inflexion with reporting and commercial output.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with Harry Brooks, Director.
We identify permanent and interim talent solutions by leveraging our deep understanding of private equity dynamics and their complexities. We understand the critical role of senior finance professionals in driving immediate impact within portfolio companies.
If your organisation needs support with pre- or post-deal professionalisation, M&A and integration, exit readiness, we have the network and expertise to recruit finance specialists driven by value creation.
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We work with businesses to build out finance teams that cover all core specialisms, including accounting, controllership, financial planning and analysis and M&A experts.
Whether a permanent or interim hire, we have many years of experience in deploying talent immediately and to guide businesses through deal cycles.
Rapid Placement of a Strategic Finance Business Partner in a Complex MedTech Environment
Finatal worked at pace to support Wörner Medical in the appointment of a strategic Finance Business Partner.
Appointing a US Finance Leader to Support KKR-backed PureGym’s Expansion
Challenge As KKR-backed PureGym prepared to launch and scale its US operations, the business needed a senior finance leader based…
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with our finance leadership team.
For permanent and interim mandates, please contact Cameron Sondhi (Director). For M&A expertise, get in touch with Nick Hague (Partner).
Get in touchFrom shaping strategy to implementing digital solutions, technology leadership roles are at the core of value creation initiatives, intrinsic to driving operational efficiency and enhanced portfolio performance. We understand how the right senior technology and product hires can guide businesses to increase their competitive advantage.
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We work with funds to find leading technology professionals and digital specialists to support the growth of portfolio businesses.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with Max Yish, Director.
Get in touchWe partner with funds and their portfolio companies to support businesses seeking to build or further develop M&A, corporate development, and post-merger integration capabilities. We have an unparalleled pan-European network of experienced interim and permanent candidates with the proven skill set and EQ to drive all aspects of the deal cycle, as well post-merger integration, synergy realisation, and value creation.
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We place experienced M&A and integration candidates into all sectors across the UK and Europe, from Associate to Head of and Chief Investment Officer level.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with Nick Hague, Partner.
Get in touchFrom organisational restructuring to digital transformation, these hires play a pivotal role in driving sustainable value creation and maximising returns. Across our network of transformation professionals, we can work with you to identify and hire experts, from turnarounds to carve-outs to shape your business for the future.
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We have worked with some of the world’s biggest funds to support change situations and recruit individuals to lead transformation initiatives.
Post-merger integration experts across our interim network, supporting multiple funds
it is vital that we are able to deploy trusted, investor-savvy, post-merger integration resource into portfolio companies
Building a finance function for a commercial and strategic Livingbridge-backed buy-and-build
Founder-led digital marketing business Brainlabs were embarking on an accelerated M&A journey to transform the business to an international player.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with Harry Brooks, Director.
Get in touchData-driven insights can unlock value and drive informed decision-making across investments and within portfolio companies. Through using predictive analytics for investment strategies or by optimising portfolio performance through understanding trends, skilled data hires can enable businesses to anticipate outcomes and achieve greater ones as a result. We work with clients to meet strategy, data and analytics and cybersecurity demands in their businesses.
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As data plays an increasingly critical role in private equity-backed businesses, we have a track record of placing talent skilled in data specialisms.
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To learn more about how we can help you or your business build success, get in touch with Max Yish, Director.
Get in touchOur Chair Practice is focused exclusively on appointing Chairs to private capital-backed portfolio companies. The practice is led by Nick Hague, a senior recruiter with over twenty years’ experience, including seven years at Finatal building and scaling high‑performing practices in the private equity ecosystem. We have fused our experience of placing Chairs, NEDs and Advisors into a consolidated Chair offering.
How we work
Every Chair search is run against clearly defined criteria known to be critical in PE-backed environments, with a focus on value creation, exits, and boardeffectiveness rather than simply “CV prestige”. Using our proven and time-tested Chair assessment framework (PRIME), our Chair Practice prioritises candidates who demonstrate each key trait. Each Chair candidate we interview is assessed and score carded against the below framework, providing a concise, one page overview of their suitability for each mandate.