A$300M+
ASX-listed investment management group
Go-to-market for IPO campaigns.
Developing and delivering go-to-market strategy for investment affiliates' IPO campaigns, including a A$300M+ raise.
Private equity · Portfolio companies
Fractional C-suite leadership for private equity portfolio companies
A senior operator who plugs into your value creation plan in weeks, not months. Fractional, interim or project-based, and accountable for the numbers.
What does a fractional executive do in a portfolio company?
In a private equity portfolio company, a fractional executive is a senior operator who joins the leadership team part-time to deliver specific parts of the value creation plan, such as revenue growth, operating efficiency or AI and automation, without adding permanent cost before exit.
No permanent cost before exit
Senior capability for the stage of the plan that needs it, without adding a full-time salary and on-costs to the cost base.
Faster than a search
No three-to-six-month recruitment process before the work starts.
Accountable, not advisory
I sit in the leadership team and own results against agreed measures, not a slide deck.
Board-ready reporting
Monthly reporting the operating partner and the CEO can both rely on.
Across the hold period
Where I help, from acquisition to exit.
- 01 · First 100 days
Baseline and plan
- A two-week diagnostic of go-to-market, operations and data
- An operating rhythm and KPIs the board can track
- A 90-day plan tied to the value creation plan
- 02 · Value creation
Grow revenue, take out cost
- Pipeline, pricing and channel discipline
- GTM operations and launch processes that scale
- AI and automation with a clear return, and systems consolidation
- 03 · Exit readiness
A story that holds up
- Clean, trusted revenue and pipeline reporting
- A scalable go-to-market story for buyers or an IPO
- A leadership bench that doesn’t depend on one person
Every month, the board sees
- 1
Progress against the two or three value creation measures we agreed
- 2
Revenue, pipeline and forecast, with the assumptions behind them
- 3
Operating KPIs and anything off track, with the fix
- 4
Risks, including AI, data and key-person risk
- 5
Decisions needed from the board, and by when
Engagement options
Start with one company, or a diagnostic
- Diagnostic sprint, per companyFrom A$15,000 + GST
- Fractional seat (CRO/CMO, COO or Chief AI Officer)From A$12,000 + GST a month
- Interim executive, full-time for 3–18 monthsQuoted after a call
- Retainer across two or three portfolio companiesQuoted after a call
See also: interim executive cover and what fractional executives cost.
Track record
- ~US$1M/yr
- saved by moving a global brand's translation to AI across 14 languages
- 330%
- of global revenue target for an enterprise SaaS platform
- A$300M+
- IPO raise supported with go-to-market strategy
~A$15M
ASX-listed technology company
Building a global go-to-market.
From consultant to CRO/CMO of an ASX-listed technology company, owning a ~A$15M global P&L and three international joint ventures.
~US$1M
Global consumer brand (70+ markets)
AI translation at global scale.
Moving a global brand's translation and localisation to an AI-first platform, saving around US$1M a year.
FAQ
For operating partners and portfolio CEOs
How do private equity firms use fractional executives?
Usually to deliver a specific part of the value creation plan, such as revenue growth, operational improvement or AI and automation, or to cover a leadership gap after an acquisition, without adding a permanent executive before exit.
Can you work across several portfolio companies?
Yes. A diagnostic per company is a common starting point, and an ongoing retainer can be shaped across two or three companies. That is quoted after a call.
Who do you report to, the fund or the CEO?
Day to day I work for the CEO as part of the leadership team. We agree up front what the operating partner sees and when, so there are no surprises on either side.
Can you help hire the permanent executive?
Yes. If the plan is to hire a full-time executive later, I help write the brief, assess candidates and hand over the role.
What does a fractional executive cost for a portfolio company?
My diagnostic sprint starts from A$15,000 + GST, fractional seats from A$12,000 + GST a month for about one day a week, and interim cover is quoted after a call.
Talk about a portfolio company.
Thirty minutes on the value creation plan and where senior help would move it fastest. No pitch deck.