Senior support for firms that manage money, not overhead.
Fund managers and advisers live on a thin operating team. When a regulatory change or a launch lands, the capacity is not there.
Where investment firms feel the strain
Dublin is a fund domicile as well as a management centre, and the pressures show:
Regulation outpaces the team
The Central Bank of Ireland and European rules add obligations faster than a small firm can absorb them.
Launch needs an operator
A new fund or strategy requires someone to run the build, the providers and the timetable.
Finance is stretched
Management accounts, fee calculations and investor reporting fall to a team of two.
The board needs independent directors
Fund and management company boards must show real challenge, and the available names are overcommitted.
A fractional executive brings regulated-sector experience for the time the firm needs it. They run the launch, steady the finance function or take a board seat, then step back when the firm can carry on alone.
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 our part
A fund manager needs confidence in whoever holds the seat. We keep the brief and our oversight in place for as long as they are there.
Reporting beside the executive
We keep the firm's leadership informed alongside the executive and raise any gap against the plan without waiting for the quarter.
Depth for a small firm
A launch or a regulatory change that crosses finance, operations and technology can go to peers across our collective of 800+.
Change without a gap
Nobody waits in reserve for you. Our brief stays current, so if the executive moves on the next search opens with full context.
Matched to the firm
We match on the licence, the fund type and the people already there. An operator the team will not follow cannot deliver.
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.
Our executives have worked across
