Appointing Leaders that can deliver the investment plan
We partner with UK Private Equity Investors and CEOs to identify, assess and hire C-suite and senior leaders who are proven and capable of delivering growth, value creation, transformation and the exit.
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Our Track Record
Private equity-backed businesses operate in high-stakes, high-velocity environments where leadership quality is critical to value creation. Marble Hill Partners specialises in supporting investors and management teams with tailored talent solutions across the investment lifecycle — from due diligence through to exit.
Since 2008 we have supported Private Equity investors, their Portfolio companies, and Private company owners to identify and secure the very best leadership and senior level talent to deliver the investment plan and drive value creation.
Our work spans four key areas: C-Suite Search, C-1 Search, Pre-Hire Talent Mapping, and Pay & Reward Benchmarking.
We have deep market insight and a clear understanding of the private equity ownership, and as a result we can be a true partner and advisor to our clients as they look to build out their leadership capability.
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years in the Private Equity market
completed Executive & Senior search assignments
completed Interim assignments
Private Equity Investors partnered with
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of placements are present at the next exit
weeks to shortlist stage
The Problems We Solve
“We have just invested and need to assess the leadership team.”
“Our CEO is stepping to Chair and we don’t have a natural successor.”
“The CEO needs a stronger CFO before the exit so we can ensure that happens.”
“We may replace someone, but it is highly confidential and need that upheld.”
“One of our Exec has resigned and we want to reassess the role and our future needs.”
“We don’t know whether the right candidates exist so want to understand the talent pool.”
“Our proposed package may not secure the person we want so we need to benchmark.”
“We need leadership capacity on an interim basis whilst we work out the next perm role.”
“The current executive team got us here, but may not get us where we need to be.”
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Our Role
We provide Executive & Senior level Search, Talent Insights and Pay Benchmarking solutions to Private Equity-backed and Privately Owned businesses in the UK. We support businesses during pressured events, such as a post-investment leadership review, a confidential Executive replacement, a team build-out, interim project management, pay driven retention programmes, or exit preparation.
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Our Rigour
We partner with Executive Teams and Investors to thoroughly understand their business needs and talent requirements for growth. Our expertise is combined with our proprietary ‘Right Mindset’ Assessment tool, allowing us to reduce hiring risk by identifying the very best talent who have an increased likelihood of value creation.
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Our Goal
We ensure that PE-backed and Private businesses like yours are equipped with the most capable leadership, accelerating growth and creating value. Our goal is to introduce the best talent in the market, ensuring your company reaches its potential and can navigate the nuances that come with these ownership models.
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Our Specialism
We work with UK-based Privately Owned or Private Equity-backed businesses in the lower-mid market, with enterprise valuations of between £10m and £250m, across all sectors, both at the point of investment when there is an immediate need to up-skill, as well as throughout the lifecycle for key person changes that can deliver the growth plan.
Roles and Sectors
Our expertise has led us to conduct searches for all senior and executive roles including:
- Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
- Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director
- Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Growth Officer
- Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer
- Chief People Officer and Human Resources Director
- Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Product Officer
- Head of e-Commerce and Direct to Consumer
- Head of Sales, Sales Director and Business Development Director
- Chair and Non-executive Director
- Investment Director and Partner
Within sectors such as:
Automotive ~ Aerospace ~ B2B ~ B2C ~ Banking & Financial Services ~ Business Services ~ Construction ~ Consulting ~ Consumer ~ Education ~ Energy ~ EV Charging ~ Engineering ~ Facilities Management ~ FMCG ~ Healthcare ~ Infrastructure ~ Investment Management ~ Leisure ~ Manufacturing ~ Pharmaceutical ~ Printing ~ Professional Services ~ Property Management ~ Publishing ~ Retail ~ Software ~ Technology ~ Training
C-Suite and C-1 Search
We lead critical searches for C-suite roles with a sharp focus on investor alignment, change-readiness, and cultural fit.
Every appointment is made with the value creation plan in mind — fast, focused, and right-first-time.
Alongside this, through our modular search approach, we can support the hiring of those reporting into the Exec at C-1 level, identifying high-calibre functional heads that can deliver as well as strengthen the Exec bench for succession — such as Finance Directors, HR leaders, Commercial Heads, and Operations Leads – either at the time you need them or as part of a long term growth plan.
Interim Management
Our interim executives are handpicked for their track record in value creation environments.
We maintain a network of PE-proven CFOs, COOs, transformation directors, M&A specialists, HR leaders, and functional specialists who understand the pace, pressure, and performance standards of the PE world.
Every candidate is rapidly deployable — often within days — ensuring we can respond quickly to our client’s critical needs, whether that be a systems implementation, long term cover for a colleague or specialist experiences for a particular project.
Talent Mapping
Before any hire is made, we offer pre-hire talent mapping to bring market clarity and reduce risk. Whether used pre-deal, pre-search, or during growth planning, our talent mapping provides a real-world view of leadership availability, competitive positioning, and succession options.
This intelligence informs sharper role specifications and enables confident, data-led decision making, so when you decide to bring in new Leaders, you are a step ahead of that process.
Pay & Reward Benchmarking
Our pay & reward benchmarking service helps ensure your leadership and senior compensation is competitive, aligned, and structured for performance.
We benchmark total reward across relevant comparators, advise on incentive design, and support remuneration committees and investors in creating packages that attract, retain, and motivate the leaders you need.
What Our Clients Say
“I have used the Marble Hill team several times for Executive and Senior level recruitment and they have delivered on time on each occasion, against some difficult requirements. I find they are particularly good at finding candidates who are more regionally based outside of London, that other head-hunters often fail to identify. I find their communication style is second to none and what really impresses me is the great feedback of the experience that is given by the candidates – both successful and unsuccessful – this is really important. I would highly recommend James and the team!”
“We needed a CFO with a profile that could make an immediate impact on this business, especially as we get closer to an exit process. Marble Hill Partners knew our space very well and their track record meant they intuitively knew the core competencies needed for this person, and understood the level of success that we were looking for, as this hire was critical to us. The search process had good pace, with some great candidates being shortlisted, which really gave us confidence we would find the right person. End to end it has been a great search process and I would recommend Marble Hill Partners.”
“Marble Hill Partners have successfully placed 3 Managing Directors within our investment portfolio over the last few years.
They carefully adapted each search to our requirements and worked side by side with us as we engaged the talent market with very specific criteria, for what are always critical positions for the growth of our portfolio businesses and value creation.
I would definitely recommend Marble Hill Partners to any Investor looking to identify and add high quality executive and senior leadership talent into one of their portfolio businesses.”
It is all about “The Right Mindset”
From our extensive Exec Search experience and having conducted an independent psychological research study, we know that the high-pressured nature of private equity ownership is not for everyone, and believe that it takes a certain ‘type’ of person to navigate it.
Our research proved this belief, and since then has become a core part of our candidate assessment process, spotlighting those core skills and identifying leaders you can count on.
Download a copy of our insights into the ‘Right Mindset’ to learn about:
- Our research methodology
- How to utilise the Right Mindset
- Consequences of having the wrong mindset
- Variations by differing business functions
- How to apply the Right Mindset
