Value Creation

We focus on cash, cost, margin and growth to help drive maximum value through to exit.

Private Equity

Value Creation

Creating value across PE investments has never been so important. We focus on our core disciplines that have been developed using decades of experience – these cover cash, cost, margin and growth; critical aspects of any value creation plan.

Cash

Identify and deliver cash release opportunities using innovative and proven methodology and advanced proprietary data visualization software.

We work on a preferred suppliers basis with a number PE houses and have delivered hundreds of millions of improvement across a broad range of sectors.

Working capital optimisation | Cash flow forecasting

Cost

Rapid extraction of cost from the business through driving internal efficiency and managing the workforce and estate portfolio optimally.

We recently supported a global media business in driving out $180m of cost through right-sizing the workforce and maintaining optimized performance through effective tracking and reporting.

Cost reduction and efficiency

Margin

Analysis of profit by product, customer and SKU taking into account all costs in the P&L and working capital charge. Enables actions to be taken on pricing, customer and product strategy and to reduce operational complexity.

We help PE-backed businesses identify value destructive suppliers and customers, with EBITDA opportunities usually in the value of 2% of revenue.

Economic profitability

Growth

Helping fuel growth within your businesses through strategic acquisitions and the financing of transactions.

We invest the time with our PE clients to develop a strategic relationship, utilizing our network to identify potential opportunities for stand alone or bolt on investment.

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