Substance is people. Add the ones you are missing.
Supervisors look at the people available on the ground against the volume and nature of a manager's business. A lean resident team can look thin precisely where it matters.
Where managers and investors need an operator
For managers and investors here, the need takes one of these forms:
A resident team that needs depth
A manager or a holding needs a senior operator in Luxembourg for the days the work requires, while a permanent hire is found.
An operator's eye in diligence
A person who has run a business like it and can judge whether the plan holds, in the founders' own language.
The board needs independence
Supervisors and investors want to see directors who decide, and who are not the same few names as on every other board.
Value creation needs execution
The plan exists. Missing is the person who is accountable for delivering it inside the portfolio company.
Investment firms in Luxembourg can draw on 800+ vetted C-suite operators in our collective, matched to one holding or portfolio company at a time: diligence, the manager's own team, a portfolio assignment or an independent board seat, each under a services agreement between two companies.
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
The operator, and what we add
A manager wants confidence in whoever holds the seat and in the oversight around them. We stay alongside the operator for the length of the agreement.
Reporting next to the operator
We keep the investment team informed beside the executive, and flag any widening gap against the plan without delay.
Depth across a portfolio
A portfolio problem spanning finance, operations and people can go to peers across our collective of 800+, not just the person in the seat.
A search that starts informed
No stand-in is kept waiting. We keep the brief and the portfolio context current, so any replacement search starts informed.
Fit with the managers in post
We match on the investment case and the team already there. An operator the management will not follow cannot deliver the plan.
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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