Finance Leadership
CFOs, Finance Directors, Heads of Finance and FP&A leaders who can create investor-grade visibility, strengthen controls, and support the CEO through value creation.
Executive search · Private equity
Leadership for the companies private capital is building.
FVK Search Partners is a founder-led executive search firm serving private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies - board, C-suite and value-creation mandates, conducted with absolute discretion.
The firm
We are engaged when the appointment is consequential and the search must remain quiet. Based in London, UK, FVK is built for investors and chief executives who value judgement over reach.
London office · Europe and US
London-based,
globally active.
FVK Limited operates from London, UK, with search coverage across Europe and the United States for private equity sponsors and portfolio companies.
Within Europe, FVK focuses on the United Kingdom, Benelux, DACH and the Nordics, working in Dutch, English, German and French.
Selected experience
CFO search inside a private equity buy-and-build platform.
A CFO appointment inside Meridian Adhesives Group - the global adhesives and sealants platform built by Arsenal Capital Partners.
A platform absorbing acquisitions is among the hardest places to put a finance leader: reporting has to stay clean while the company keeps changing shape. That is the operating reality FVK is built around.
Practice
Leadership search for private capital, mapped to the ownership context.
Transformation & Integration
Chief Transformation Officers, integration leads, PMO leaders and change operators for post-acquisition priorities, carve-outs, systems work and value-creation plans.
Technology & Operating Leadership
CIOs, CTOs, data leaders and operational executives who can improve systems, reporting, process discipline and decision quality across portfolio companies.
01Define
Mandate, ownership context, team gaps.
02Map
Comparable companies and candidate pools.
03Approach
Discreet outreach to passive candidates.
04Assess
Track record, motivation, style, risk.
05Deliver
Evidence-led shortlist and process support.
Approach
A retained process built for confidentiality and candidate conviction.
The strongest candidates are usually passive, discreet, and already performing well elsewhere. FVK defines the role around the value-creation context, maps the market, approaches candidates carefully, and presents a shortlist with clear rationale.
The shortlist should teach the client something about the market, not simply show who happened to be available.
Candidate thesis
Focus on change leadership
Transformation delivery
Evidence of change delivered under time pressure.
Carve-out and separation
Standing up a finance function as the parent's systems walk out.
Value creation plan
The sponsor's thesis turned into operational targets and delivery.
Buy-and-build integration
Acquired teams, entities, and functions brought into one rhythm.
Performance turnaround
Margin and cash recovered in businesses under real pressure.
Exit readiness
The business, and its numbers, built to withstand diligence.
Candidate access
Mapped leaders, not active applicants.
Curated networks and direct market mapping - reaching the right people before the wider market sees them.
CFOs & Finance Directors
Board-facing finance leaders for cash visibility, reporting discipline, and CEO partnership.
Portfolio company CFO
Controllers & Heads of Finance
Reporting, controls and systems strengthened without slowing the business.
Finance function upgrade
Transformation & Integration Leaders
Post-acquisition change, carve-outs, systems work and PMO discipline.
Value creation delivery
Technology & Data Leaders
CIOs, CTOs and data leaders for systems visibility and decision infrastructure.
Technology leadership
Confidential enquiries
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