Strengthen Your Investees Without Becoming Their Operator.
Your portfolio companies and family holdings need senior leaders as well as capital. We search our collective of 400+ for the executive each company needs, match them carefully and keep governance around the engagement, so you can refer a company to us with confidence.
For investors, the real risk is how the leadership gap gets filled, not the gap itself.
ADGM managers and family offices in the capital tend to meet the same tension:
You can see the gap clearly
You understand what type of leadership would fix it. But you don't have a reliable, high-quality source you trust enough to refer.
Referring wrong is worse than doing nothing
It costs time, money, and founder trust. Your reputation with the portfolio company is at stake.
You do not want to carry management risk
Being seen as directing the company beyond your governance role creates complications.
The governance boundary
You want to add value beyond capital, but need to respect the line between governance and management.
This is where fractional executive search helps. We search, vet and match senior executives, then stay around each engagement with structure and oversight. When you refer a company to us, you are referring a process, not just a CV.
Who this is for, and who it is not
Best for
- Adding operational value to investees without taking on management risk
- Giving founders a vetted operator you can refer with confidence
- Supporting several portfolio companies from one standing relationship
- Professionalising an investee while respecting its existing culture
- Staying in your governance role while the engagement is run for you
Not for
- Installing a controlling manager to run the company for you
- A single one-off introduction with no ongoing oversight
- Investors who want to direct day-to-day operations themselves
- A freelancer directory rather than a managed engagement
What your companies get
A careful search, a vetted executive and governance that protects your reputation with the founders and families you back.
Vetted and matched
Chosen for stage, sector and fit with the founders or family, not just functional skill. That protects both the company and your relationship with it.
We stay involved
We keep regular check-ins on every engagement. If a new gap appears, we scope the next search from what we already know about the company.
Peers across the collective
A portfolio CFO can consult a peer CTO in our collective on technology spending. One engagement opens a collective of 400+ executives for second opinions.
If an executive steps away
We hold the brief, the notes and the board context. When an executive moves on, we take the handover in hand and search again from the brief on file.
Respect for family holdings
For operating businesses held by a family office, we bring in professional leadership without displacing family culture: a defined scope, clear boundaries and respect for the generations involved.
The partnership model
One relationship. Portfolio-wide coverage.
Establish the standing relationship
We understand your investment thesis, your portfolio, and the types of leadership gaps most common across your investments.
You introduce us when needed
When a portfolio company needs operational leadership, you make the introduction. We handle everything else.
The right operator, fast
Discovery, matching, scoping, engagement management, and ongoing oversight, without you managing or coordinating it.
Visibility without burden
Lightweight reporting to you, not operational detail, but confidence that the engagement is performing. Investor-grade oversight without investor-level involvement.
Support by investor type
Different investors carry different portfolio needs. We match the operator to the need and manage the engagement, so it never lands back on you.
The operators we embed in your portfolio companies
Every operator is matched to the portfolio company's stage, sector and challenge.
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