HR / talent management
25 January 2023
Diversity and inclusion executive search firm launches
Follett Parker aims to help women fill senior roles within private equity
23 January 2023
Pantheon appoints chief financial officer
Dean Maines joins the firm as CFO and partner, as two senior operations team members are promoted to partner
19 January 2023
Profile: Rebecca Roberts, Conviction VC
Co-founder and COO of Conviction VC, Rebecca Roberts, comments on the importance of understanding the needs of her team when building a successful enterprise
18 January 2023
‘CFOs are embracing their role as strategic leaders’
Key takeaways from EY’s 10th annual Global Private Equity Survey
16 January 2023
Deal breakers
A guide for hiring managers and female candidates when striving to fill senior-level positions
16 January 2023
PE’s got IT-alent
As PE is increasingly becoming data- and software-driven, it is struggling to source the talent equipped to leverage new technologies. How can GPs incentivise tech talent to come onboard?
20 December 2022
Ambienta promotes CFO to partner
Daniele Gatti’s decade at Ambienta sees him promoted to partner
13 December 2022
PE short on tech talent
The gap is particularly wide in automation and cybersecurity, according to a new survey
8 December 2022
The great talent depression
Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Associates believes private equity firms can be doing much more to better understand, and therefore attract fresh talent
5 December 2022
Discrimination of ethnic minorities remains high
Ineffective HR policies and lack of representation are driving forces, says Reboot
5 December 2022
Ardian extends profit sharing to portfolio companies
The firm has partnered with nonprofit organisation Ownership Works to facilitate value sharing
2 December 2022
LCap launches PE leadership evaluation tool
It facilitates comparison between existing and anonymised leadership teams
1 December 2022
Bargaining power
Norgay’s Mary Gay Townsend is pleased to see women negotiating compensation in private equity
29 November 2022
Female leaders in PE outearning male counterparts
According to new compensation figures, the lack of female leadership at PE firms has heightened demand, and therefore boosted pay
29 November 2022
Stafford Capital appoints head of HR
Sarah Ely joins the firm after ten years at Insight Investment
28 November 2022
PE’s ethnic diversity declines
According to new research, PE’s diversity score has declined by two points compared with the previous 12 months
28 November 2022
Comment: The dangers of an uncertain legacy
History bears witness to the destructive potential of unplanned succession, but private equity and VC funds aren't planning for it, especially in Europe. Diana Meyel, managing partner at Cipio Partners, considers the dangers and strategies surrounding a strangely unexamined issue
25 November 2022
Oak Group makes two appointments
Oak has hired Belinda Ridout as director of client accounting and Hannah Crocker as company secretary
17 November 2022
GP policies under increasing LP scrutiny, says EY
Higher levels of LP scrutiny are arising over risk management, talent retention schemes and ESG policy development across GP firms, according to an EY survey
14 November 2022
PE’s DEI strategies fall short
Initiatives need to be a core business objective and not a HR function, says Jensen Partners
3 November 2022
Diversity becomes key metric in fundraising
LPs are increasingly factoring DEI into their capital allocations, says McKinsey
28 October 2022
New talent requires new strategies
GPs are fundamentally changing their human resources strategies as they enter new talent pools, said a joint report from EY and Columbia Business School
3 October 2022
5 minutes with… Sita Kolossa, CEO of Nordbridge
We caught up with CEO and founder of Nordbridge, Sita Kolossa, to find out her drivers for establishing the executive search firm and her take on the evolution of PE recruitment over the past decade
22 September 2022
Column: Reality check
You are the creator of your own reality, writes Thomas Woodland, The Private Equity Coach
5 September 2022
Daring to be different
Having enjoyed several years of stellar growth, have Asian fund managers done enough to ensure their firms are operating in a robust enough manner to weather the gathering global macroeconomic storm?
30 August 2022
TDA 2022: Technology Professional of the Year: Christopher Conradi, FSN Capital
Conradi explains what enabled him to achieve a number of goals in 2021, which led the judges to describe him as difficult to rival in PE
26 August 2022
TDA 2022: HR & Talent Professional of the Year: Mandi Akali, Capital Dynamics
Akali discusses her proudest achievements and increased push on D&I which impressed the judges
8 August 2022
Champions league
The Drawdown Awards recognise the very best in private equity operations, awarding outstanding service provision and operational leaders.
18 July 2022
Role call: occupational psychologist
With more importance placed on the minds of PE practitioners in order for them to perform at their very best, should GPs consider hiring an occupational psychologist?
22 June 2022
Gen Z call for PE to boost ESG credentials
Private equity firms should better highlight their ESG credentials if they want to secure the next generation of top talent within a fiercely competitive candidate market, new research finds.
16 June 2022
Profile: Laurent Marvy, PAI Partners
The head of HR discusses the key differences of HR & talent across the globe, PAI’s HR set up and advice for firms wanting to maintain culture in a hybrid environment
26 May 2022
PE firms must educate non-traditional recruits to secure talent
The industry must educate individuals about how their firm operates in order to enable recruitment from non-traditional backgrounds
26 May 2022
PE must consider generational differences when approaching carried interest
Private equity must account for a generational difference when it comes to financial incentive schemes, including carried interest and bonus packages
26 May 2022
Column: A song of ice and fire
SOFOS Associates’ Natalia Ramsden continues her series of detailing various techniques and treatments for enhancing cognitive performance - this time looking at hot and cold therapies
26 May 2022
Column: The illusion of two paradigms and its impact on performance
Depending on whether you’re in the outside-in or the inside-out paradigm, your behaviour will vary significantly. But only one of them is real and understanding this leads to considerable outperformance, writes executive coach Thomas Woodland
12 May 2022
Profile: Susan Wilkins, Actis
The COO discusses her pathway from Actis portfolio company to the GP, taking over management of Abraaj funds and her role as a member of the inclusion & diversity committee
11 May 2022
BWAM names first 40 under 40
The list was created to recognise Black women who are shaping the future of asset management
9 May 2022
City Hive launches D&I reporting framework
The new framework aims to assess company culture in a bid to prevent greenwashing diversity
9 May 2022
And the nominees are…
SyndicateRoom’s Graham Schwikkard recounts his journey from COO to CEO by bringing the firm’s tech function from Portugal to the UK, leading to the creation of a bespoke nominee platform to run its EIS fund
29 April 2022
Mayfair’s CFO Pabari becomes partner
CFO Tushar Pabari has been promoted to partner, while Jenny Collins has been hired as chief talent officer
28 April 2022
The oxygen effect
Natalia Ramsden of SOFOS Associates details the cognitive improvements that can be achieved with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
13 April 2022
CTOs: Dealing with (unfair?) pressure
Alex Tyler and Ingolv Urnes of psKINETIC look at the challenges and successful coping strategies
12 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Victor Davies, Bregal Investments
“We want to build in more automation and use data in a more intelligent way to make decisions, across our IT and investment teams.”
5 April 2022
Techwork 2022: Marc Boullier, PAI Partners
“I want to digitalise deal sourcing, taking into consideration finance, ESG and procurement”
4 April 2022
The Techwork 2022
Our annual Techwork report charts the industry’s digital progress by focusing on a select group of individuals responsible for this crucial work
1 April 2022
“Every PE firm should have a CTO” - Jolt Capital
The need for PE firms to have a CTO is becoming increasingly important, and could become key to a firm's survival
31 March 2022
Profile: Kristy Trieste, Motive Partners
The CFO & chief compliance officer discusses being a founding partner, plans for the compliance function going forward, as well as how she interacts with IR
30 March 2022
Nominations open for the Most Influential Fund Finance Experts
The Drawdown is launching a new report, celebrating the most influential players in the fund finance market - nominations are now open
28 March 2022
“C-Suite and non-competes in the age of the tweet” – restrictive covenants and social media
Proskauer Rose’s Dorothy Murray and Nicola Bartholomew discuss the increasingly blurred lines when it comes to non-competes and personal social media accounts
21 March 2022
The DEI is cast
Riverside Europe's Dörte Höppner gets under the skin of private equity's diversity, equity and inclusion problem
17 March 2022
Team recharge
Following two years of continued disruption to routines and ways of working, private equity professionals are facing an ongoing feeling of fatigue. As we move into hybrid models, what are firms across the globe doing to re-energise their employees?
14 March 2022
Ares, BlackRock among new BWAM partners
Helios, JP Morgan AM, M&G, Maniyar Capital, Morningstar and State Street Global Advisors also join BWAM as industry partners
10 March 2022
Profile: Devin Glenn, Blackstone
The managing director, global head of diversity, equity & inclusion discusses how Blackstone collects and measures DEI metrics, where DEI sits within the firm and what she's achieved so far
8 March 2022
PE & VC firms failing to meet industry EDI standards
Equality Group’s latest D&I index ranked Advent International in first place for the second year in a row, with a top score of 65%
7 March 2022
5 minutes with… Monel Amin, DiligenceVault
“One of the biggest friction points we see is the lack of standardisation. Diligence standards have emerged, but adoption remains sub-scale.”
7 March 2022
Actis promotes Nissan to partner
Shami Nissan has led the firm’s approach to responsible investment, sustainability and impact since 2014
3 March 2022
State of mind
The final undiscovered competitive advantage in business, writes transformative coach, Thomas Woodland
28 February 2022
Profile: Richard Drover, Apis Partners
The CFO discusses his responsibilities outside the finance function, his 100-day plan of action to improve and enhance Apis' processes as well as the challenges of joining a new firm