Recruitment

15 April 2024

3…2…1… lift-outs!

Could back office lift-outs take off in Europe as an alternative to traditional outsourcing?

4 April 2024

Exec search firms BraddockMatthews and David Barrett combine

Now known as BraddockMatthewsBarrett, the firm aims to reach a wider client base of alternative asset management firms between London, New York and Boston

2 April 2024

Column: Optimise to incentivise

Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Advisors considers whether incentive schemes in private equity do enough to develop talent

2 April 2024

Normal service: disrupted

GPs are increasingly focusing on culture to convince the next generation of talent to make the industry their destination of choice

20 March 2024

Quilvest taps global HR lead

The Drawdown speaks to ex-Pantheon Richard Berke about the transition

12 February 2024

Borne but not raised

A tight fundraising and deal-doing environment has GPs pondering how to structure aborted deal costs

1 February 2024

My life at ECI Partners

The Drawdown goes undercover and through the firm’s succession programme put in place after the initial founders left

29 January 2024

5 minutes with… Kate Pljaskovova, founder of Fair HQ

The digital D&I tool aims to assist GPs to develop in-house and portfolio company HR strategies through scientific research and industry benchmarks

17 January 2024

Dawn promotes four

In the ops team (pictured), the firm has promoted Adina Goga to director of legal and Gamila Hassan to talent acquisition lead

2 January 2024

Operational utopia

If operations professionals made all the decisions, what would the perfect PE firm look like?

20 December 2023

Postcards from Portugal: Keep your fund admins closer

In a final reflection from The Drawdown’s Operational Leaders Summit, we highlight views on nearshoring and the need to love your fund admin

19 December 2023

Column: Tech-tonic talent

Natalia Ramsden of Sofos Associates argues that AI-led transformations of business will require a seismic shift towards critical thinking