Examining how private equity firms can drive value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
In an unforgiving economic environment, multiple expansion and financial leverage can no longer be relied upon as the main route to returns. Instead, the right operating team setup, a clear plan to achieve initial impact, and a sightline to exit from the outset have become essential. And, as our latest report finds, a little thing called AI might have a part to play too.
OPERATING PARTNERS OF THE FUTURE
What makes the operating partner of the future?
Amid economic uncertainty, rising borrowing costs, AI disruption and extended hold periods, operating partners need a refreshed set of skills and attributes.
FURTHER ANALYSIS
Four challenges facing operating partners in today’s difficult macro environment
This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
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This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
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This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
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This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
Triton Partners on optimising complex carve-outs
This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
Bain & Company on getting past PE’s AI value paradox
This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
EFESO finds a repeatable route to alpha
This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
MiddleGround Capital explores lessons from a hard cycle
This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
Overhyped? AI’s value creation credentials face mounting scrutiny
This special report examines how private equity firms are driving value creation in portfolio companies through operational expertise.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE
The pursuit of meaningful value creation – often in the form of revenue growth – is now a vital part of the PE playbook. In a low-growth environment, that piles the pressure onto GPs’ operating partners and value creation teams, which must now skill up in order to deliver effective digital plans and AI roll-outs. Are they up to the task?
In this special report, we explore how operating partners are working more closely with their deal team counterparts to realise value over longer hold periods, and examine how operating partners are working with their portco management teams to ensure they have effective succession planning and talent management strategies – such as employee ownership schemes – in place in order to remain competitive.
Over the course of this year’s Operational Excellence report, we dive into the evolving approaches to operational improvement programmes, and review some of the most valuable tools in the operating partner’s toolbox today.
Inside: Pillars for growth – 7 components integral to creating value today; How to set up an operating team from scratch; Expert comment and analysis from market leaders; Plus much more…
Against a backdrop of soaring inflation, rising interest rates, a tight labour market, ongoing supply chain disruption and a challenging geopolitical and economic environment, a robust value-creation strategy has become ever more crucial.
In this special report we examine how private equity firms are navigating this landscape to support portfolio companies and drive growth, and we unveil the winners of this year’s Operational Excellence Awards.
As we celebrate 10 years of the Operational Excellence Awards, Private Equity International looks back at how operating teams and value-creation strategies have evolved over the last decade. Plus, find out more about this year’s OpEx Awards winners in EMEA, Asia-Pacific and the Americas.
The Operational Excellence Awards have now been running for nine years, and in that time the ability of operating teams to successfully execute value creation plans has only grown in importance. In this special report, we celebrate 2020’s award winners and explore how the role of the operating partner is evolving.
It has never been more important for firms to demonstrate their value-creation credentials if they want to stand out from the crowd. Now in their eighth year, Private Equity International’s Operational Excellence Awards 2019 celebrate the achievements of the industry’s very best-in-class operators as they transform portfolio companies to create lasting value.
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