Portfolio C-suite search
For growing private, family-owned, founder-led or PE-backed companies needing CEO, CFO, COO or senior corporate leadership.
Byron Thomas has been retained by PE funds as a specialist to assist with full C-suite and senior finance appointments where leadership capability directly affects portfolio-company performance.
Discuss a Portfolio Leadership SearchByron Thomas Recruitment supports PE fund and PE-backed portfolio company leadership briefs across CEO, CFO, COO, Finance Director and senior corporate roles. The strongest fit is operating-company leadership where finance, reporting, transformation, governance and commercial execution matter.
For PE-backed portfolio companies, Byron Thomas is relevant when the brief needs a commercially strong executive who can work with founders, boards, investors and management teams to improve performance.
For growing private, family-owned, founder-led or PE-backed companies needing CEO, CFO, COO or senior corporate leadership.
For finance leaders who can improve reporting cadence, controls, data quality, cash visibility and commercial partnering.
For operating-company finance roles where the leader must work with founders, executives, boards or investors.
Byron Thomas has supported C-suite and senior finance appointments across building and construction, healthcare, industrial services, infrastructure, FMCG, consumer goods, financial services and large listed environments, including company contexts from approximately $80m revenue through to multi-billion-dollar and ASX 100 scale.
Portfolio-company CFO search for a construction and building services platform around the $80m revenue mark, with acquisition integration, reporting discipline and cash visibility central to the brief.
C-suite appointment for a PE-backed consumer and FMCG business preparing for its next growth or exit phase, requiring commercial leadership and investor-facing credibility.
Operating-company leadership search for an industrial services group with national footprint, focused on operating cadence, margin discipline, safety, workforce leadership and scalable execution.
Senior finance leadership appointment for a healthcare services platform where reporting quality, integration, compliance and board-level finance communication were critical.
Senior corporate mandates across financial services and regulated environments, requiring stakeholder management, governance discipline and executive-level commercial judgement.
Executive and senior finance appointments in large listed and multi-billion-dollar company environments, including infrastructure, industrial, healthcare and corporate services contexts.
Mandates are anonymised to protect client, fund and candidate confidentiality. Fund and company names are withheld unless explicit permission is granted.
The right fit is a leadership brief inside the operating company: CEO, CFO, COO, Finance Director, Head of Finance or senior corporate leader. These roles need judgement, pace, reporting discipline, transformation experience and the ability to work with investors and boards.
For fund-side investment professional hiring, a private-equity specialist may still be more appropriate. For C-suite and portfolio-company leadership appointments, Byron Thomas has relevant retained search capability and appointment history with PE funds and PE-backed companies.
Yes. Byron Thomas has been retained by PE funds as a specialist to assist with C-suite and portfolio-company leadership appointments, including CEO, CFO, COO, Finance Director and senior corporate leadership roles.
Byron Thomas is strongest for PE fund and PE-backed portfolio company leadership roles where finance, operations, reporting discipline, transformation and commercial execution matter.
Byron Thomas is a good fit when the role is operating-company focused and needs a CEO, CFO, COO, Finance Director or senior finance leader who can improve reporting, controls, board communication and transformation.
Speak directly with Byron Thomas about the role, company stage, ownership structure and whether a focused leadership search process is the right fit.
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