Each year, Business Talent Group releases the High-End Independent Talent Report, looking across industries and business functions to analyze how business leaders deploy top independent talent to fill critical skill, expertise, and leadership gaps. Here are the key private equity trends for 2022.
To drive value creation across firms and portfolio companies, private equity firms turn to independent consultants and on-demand executives to rapidly get the right skills in seat, tap expertise and knowledge, accelerate growth, and build resiliency and continuity across the portfolio.
PROJECT CATEGORIES: Private Equity
| 45% Interim Leadership |
| 33% Strategy |
| 9% Operations |
| 7% Organization |
| 6% Transformation |
IN-DEMAND PROJECTS FOR PRIVATE EQUITY
Interim Leadership
Marketing and Sales
M&A
Human Capital
Business Processes
Growth Strategy
Post-Merger Integration
Product Strategy and Launch
IN-DEMAND SKILLS FOR PRIVATE EQUITY
Financial Planning, Analysis, and Modeling
Organizational Design and Workforce
Planning
Post-Merger Integration
Financial Controls, Accounting, and Audit
Tech and Systems Implementation
Due Diligence
Growth Strategy
SAMPLE PRIVATE EQUITY PROJECTS
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Serve as interim FP&A director to drive operations, align with field teams on key deliverables, and oversee reporting for a PortCo
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Serve as interim CMO to develop a brand and geographic expansion strategy
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Monitor key commercial initiatives and financial performance of a PortCo’s brick and mortar locations as they reopen
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Lead post-merger integration of a recent acquisition
