Group leader | Board Role | Meaningful Equity Participation
The Context
A private equity-backed professional services group is scaling through active acquisition.
The platform is expanding across multiple offices and service lines, with further acquisitions planned.
The business has strong foundations and momentum.
The next phase is about bringing greater consistency, commercial discipline and integration as the platform scales.
This role exists to lead that.
The Mandate
This is a board-level role with responsibility for group-wide performance across a platform that continues to grow through acquisition.
You are here to drive performance through senior leaders across multiple entities, while the structure continues to evolve.
You will:
• Own portfolio performance, margin and delivery across multiple offices
• Hold Partners and senior leaders accountable for commercial outcomes
• Ensure newly acquired businesses are absorbed quickly and effectively into the group
• Build consistency of execution across an expanding platform
• Establish a clear performance rhythm across a business that is still being shaped
Working alongside the COO, who owns systems, structure and integration, your focus is simple:
Performance. Accountability. Delivery.
What This Requires
We are looking for someone who has already operated inside a PE-backed, acquisitive environment and understands the realities of scaling through buy and build.
You will likely have:
• Operated at CEO, COO or Group MD level within a PE-backed or high-growth professional services business
• Experience across multiple entities during periods of active acquisition
• Led or been deeply involved in post-acquisition integration and performance improvement
• A track record of holding senior leaders to account, not just managing teams
• Worked closely with a board and investors, understanding what drives valuation
We are specifically looking for someone who has been part of a business that has scaled materially through acquisition and understands what it takes to move from growth to consistent, scalable performance.
You will have seen this journey before and played a central role in delivering it.
This is likely to resonate with individuals who have operated in multi-office, PE-backed professional services platforms such as legal, accountancy or advisory groups that have grown through acquisition.
The Opportunity
• Board-level position with direct ownership of group performance
• Meaningful equity participation aligned to a clear value creation and exit plan
• Involvement in a live acquisition strategy
• The opportunity to shape a business transitioning from growth to high-performance platform
Final Note
This will suit someone who:
• Has operated inside a buy and build environment where acquisitions are ongoing
• Is comfortable stepping into complex, evolving structures
• Takes satisfaction from raising standards across a business
If you have done this before and understand what it takes to make it work at scale, this will be immediately recognisable.