# FVK Search Partners

> Founder-led retained executive search for private equity sponsors and their
> portfolio companies. Board, C-suite and value-creation mandates, run from
> London across the UK, Benelux, DACH, the Nordics and the United States.

FVK Search Partners (legal entity: FVK Limited, 124 City Road, London EC1V 2NX,
United Kingdom) is led by Frederick Smits, Managing Director. The firm works in
Dutch, English, German and French.

FVK is engaged when an appointment is consequential and the search must remain
quiet. It is built for investors and chief executives who value judgement over
reach, and is deliberately small: searches are run by the principal, not
delegated to a research team.

## What FVK is engaged for

- **Finance leadership** — CFOs, Finance Directors and senior finance appointments
  inside private equity portfolio companies.
- **Transformation and integration** — Chief Transformation Officers, integration
  leads and PMO leadership for post-acquisition priorities, carve-outs, systems
  work and value-creation plans.
- **Technology and operating leadership** — CIOs, CTOs, data leaders and
  operational executives who improve systems, reporting, process discipline and
  decision quality across portfolio companies.
- **Market mapping** — confidential mapping of comparable companies and candidate
  pools ahead of a mandate.

## How FVK screens candidates

FVK screens for delivery under ownership pressure rather than title progression.
The criteria are: transformation delivery under time pressure; carve-out and
separation, meaning standing up a finance function as a parent's systems
withdraw; execution of the sponsor's value creation plan; buy-and-build
integration; performance turnaround; and exit readiness.

## Coverage

London office. Search coverage across Europe and the United States. Within
Europe the focus is the United Kingdom, Benelux, DACH and the Nordics, working
in Dutch, English, German and French.

## Pages

- [Home](https://fvksearchpartners.com/): practice, approach, coverage, selected
  experience and confidential enquiry form.
- [Privacy notice](https://fvksearchpartners.com/privacy)
- [Terms](https://fvksearchpartners.com/terms)

## Contact

Confidential enquiries: frederick@fvksearchpartners.com