Private Equity Bulletin - February
Bronzegate
Elevating private equity backed portfolio companies through exceptional CFO and finance leadership appointments.
Welcome to our monthly newsletter for private equity talent partners, investors and private equity teams. This month we look at:
Market Trends:
2025 starts with a surge of CFO and Finance Leader hiring activity.
Tom Birch, Senior Partner at Bronzegate, shares insights into the private equity portfolio CFO market.
2024 was another highly successful year of growth for Bronzegate. We’re proud to have continued our mission of connecting exceptional CFOs and finance leaders with private equity-backed businesses. We expanded our team to 20 dedicated professionals, which demonstrates a 42% increase in headcount in the last 2 years. This strengthens our position as the largest team in Europe exclusively focused on the private equity CFO and finance leadership agenda.
Coming into 2025, the year has begun with a high level of activity in the private equity CFO and finance leadership market. We have experienced a surge in new opportunities since the start of January across permanent, interim and pre-deal scenarios. While there were indicators in Q4 that a market shift was imminent, it's fantastic to see how quickly optimism has returned. We're witnessing strong investor confidence and a solid commitment to hiring plans across all sectors in the UK and Europe, which is a really encouraging sign.
?With a strong team in place and with a competitive but active private equity landscape, we are looking forward to seeing what Bronzegate can achieve in the year ahead. ?
Insights:
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The expanding role of a Private Equity CFO
The days of CFOs just doing the numbers have been consigned to history. The contemporary Private Equity portfolio company CFO is increasingly viewed as a commercial leader, they are expected to weigh in on non-finance matters and play an active role in helping their organisation implement new initiatives. Adding value beyond finance, by improving operational processes and becoming proficient in non-finance functions is a necessity of the role and demands that a CFO makes continuous development in new areas of expertise.
Adam Akbar and Aled Homer spoke at Oakley Capital's CFO Forum about how the CFO role is becoming more dynamic, and the unique challenges facing finance leaders at PE-owned businesses.
Deal Highlights
A summary of the latest large-cap and mid-market deals in the private equity sector.
About Bronzegate
Bronzegate is a leading search and interim managment firm operating across the European private equity sector, delivering CFO and finance leadership talent through a bespoke data driven approach.
We partner solely with private equity-backed businesses across Europe and have a deep understanding of the unique challenges for finance leaders within PE-backed portfolio companies.
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2 周Glad to read the PE market is starting positive in 2025.