PE-backed and cross-border mid-market

Cross-border portfolio companies rarely fail for lack of a plan. They fail because the fund cannot see the operation clearly enough, early enough, to intervene while intervention is still cheap. I speak both the fund's language and the operator's, which removes a translation layer that normally costs a quarter.

You probably recognize this

• New ownership, and a 100-day plan that has to be real rather than presented.
• An add-on has closed and the integration is running on goodwill.
• Lender and board reporting that arrives late and in a different shape each month.
• Value-creation initiatives nobody has tied to a P&L line.