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Office Space Chief Revenue Officer

Corporate Scale Up

A leading serviced office provider across the UK required an accountable growth leader to join their board as CRO prior to PE investment. Empathy with scale-up, roll out and building a unique GTM proposition in a crowded market was essential. 

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Pre-deal 
BPO/Healthcare Chair

Mid-market Primary

A primary minority investment for a outsourced healthcare provider, both fixed and mobile.  It was essential this Chair had extensive M&A experience, a robust but low-ego character and knew the levers for exit. 

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Pre-deal 
Infrastructure
CFO

Mid-market Primary Carveout

A complex carveout from a large family owned infrastructure and construction company. A operational, bottom-up CFO was required with the ability to support a first time PE-backed CEO and ready the levers for exit.

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Pre-deal
FM Chair

Lower-Mid market Primary

A critical service provider less than 10 years old required a pre-deal Chair that had empathy with their unique go to market and identity. Low ego, high EQ and essential experience as a founder owner themselves beyond its current scale was essential.

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Pre-deal 
Ed-tech Chair

Mid-market Secondary

Working alongside a Financial Sponsor, we worked through the deal process providing access to subject matter experts and a Chair to join the asset on completion if acquired. 

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Pre-deal Cyber Security NED

Mid-market Secondary

A high growth cyber security platform required a NXD with experience as a PE-backed CMO in SaaS and preferably Cyber. Our candidate had three exits as a CMO, SaaS, Scale-up and experience as a founder.

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Post Deal Media Agency Chair

Mid-market Primary

An awesomely cool, digitally-led media agency needed a showstopping Chairman. OMG, this guy had founded businesses, bought businesses and sold businesses. He was the "salt bae" on steroids for the founding team. 

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Fire & Electrical Testing CEO

Lower-mid Market Primary

A family owned fire and electrical testing company needed its first external CEO as it came into PE hands. The thematic was organic growth and engineer utilisation. Importantly, the CEO had to credible with the engineers and in the boardroom. 

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Divisional CFO
Aviation

Large Cap Secondary

A $400m revnue/ $180m EBITDA aviation business unit required a UK qualified CFO located in the USA and had experience leading complex, international scale-up in a highly technical and regulated environment. 

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Groundworks
CEO

Mid-market Primary

A primary investment growing at 25% CAGR from an exceptionally successful mid-market firm required their first external CEO. Empathy, low ego, high IQ and sector network were essential. 

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Post Deal Media Agency Chair

Mid Market Primary

An awesomely cool, digitally-led media agency needed a showstopping Chairman. OMG, this guy had founded business, bought businesses and sold businesses. He was the salt bae on sterroids for the founding team. 

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Post Deal Media Agency Chair

Mid Market Primary

An awesomely cool, digitally-led media agency needed a showstopping Chairman. OMG, this guy had founded business, bought businesses and sold businesses. He was the salt bae on sterroids for the founding team. 

103 C-suite appointments

Maximising money multiples

Since 2018 Seb has led 99 board appointments in the UK across lower, mid and large-cap environments, pre and post deal. 

23 CEOs/ MDs

PERFECTING THE GENERAL MANAGER

Technology and business services focused appointments in business from £2m EBITDA through to £30m EBITDA.

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Education Software Chair

Mid-market Primary

A proprietary software to safeguard children required their first Chair as it entered PE hands in an off market deal. Hands on ability, scale-up and professionalisation were key experiences as well as low ego.

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Medical Devices Chair

Lower-mid Market Secondary

A highly technical medical devices asset required a new chairman having gone through a secondary transaction. Our placement was a qualified M.D, has achieved seven exits and was previously on the board of the largest player in the sector.

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CFO Energy Efficiency

Lower-mid Market Primary

A founder-led primary in mobile, multisite B2C energy installation, upgrade and compliance needed to bring their finance function inhouse and hire their first CFO. Experience of building infrastructure was key. 

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Complete team Financial Planning MBI

Mid-market Carve Out

Working alongside a Financial Sponsor, we worked through the deal process providing access to subject matter experts and a complete MBI

C-suite.

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Office Space
CMO

Privately Owned Growth Play

A privately owned office space provider required a new go to market (GTM) strategy that would allow them to rebound out of covid with 10x the presence prior to covid. We placed an exceptional strategist and executor.

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Post Deal Media Agency Chair

Mid Market Primary

An awesomely cool, digitally-led media agency needed a showstopping Chairman. OMG, this guy had founded business, bought businesses and sold businesses. He was the salt bae on sterroids for the founding team. 

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