Organization design for PE-backed companies.
We help CEOs and leadership teams of PE-backed companies build an organization that can deliver the plan, often working alongside their investors.
An organization built to deliver the plan.
When a company is PE-backed, the clock is shorter: results are expected in a few years, not a decade. That only happens when the organization is set up to deliver the plan: the right structure, clear roles, fast decisions, and the capabilities the business needs to grow.
We work directly with CEOs and their leadership teams, and alongside investors where it helps. We move at the pace the hold period demands, focus on the few changes that matter most, and keep the design independent of talent assessment, so the diagnostic stays candid.
When leadership teams bring us in
- A new leader needs to reshape the organization. Translating the plan into the operating model, structure, and roadmap the business needs to deliver it.
- Carve-outs and standalone businesses. Standing up a divested unit with the functions, governance, and decision rights it needs to run on its own.
- Add-on acquisitions. Deciding early whether each acquisition is integrated at close or kept separate and linked over time, so a roll-up doesn’t end in a rushed restructuring.
- Layers and cost that don’t earn their keep. Simplifying hardened, layered P&Ls and redirecting resources toward growth.
- Preparing for the next owner. An organization that can sustain performance without depending on any one person.
How we work.
- 1Start with the business plan
What the business needs to deliver for its owners, and the few capabilities that matter most.
- 2Find the real issues
A quick diagnostic with the leadership team gets to root causes, not symptoms.
- 3Design the organization
Structure, roles, and decision rights, from targeted fixes to a full redesign.
- 4Plan the transition
Changes sequenced so the business keeps performing while it evolves.