Annual Private Equity Leadership Survey

DIGGING DEEPER INTO DISRUPTION’S IMPACTS—AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERS

For seven consecutive years now, AlixPartners has monitored the most-significant trends and developments affecting private equity (PE) leadership, through our annual survey of PE firms and portfolio companies (portcos), conducted jointly with Vardis. Each year, findings from the AlixPartners PE Leadership Survey deliver valuable insights on themes relevant to the success of PE investments.

AlixPartners’ survey was administered online from October through December 2021. Respondents consisted of 118 managing directors, operating partners, or founders from PE firms and 77 senior executives—(primarily CEOs and CFOs) from portfolio companies.

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ALIXPARTNERS EIGHTH ANNUAL PE LEADERSHIP SURVEY

Leadership capabilities for a new era of private equity valuation

Turmoil and disruption in the business environment make leadership and talent strategy more important than ever for private equity firms and the companies they invest in. They will need new capabilities—and a stronger, more strategic approaches to leadership. Our latest PE Leadership Survey documents the importance of leadership as PE firms and portcos confront a difficult economic environment and a disrupted business climate; it also reveals how the challenges and opportunities businesses face put new and different demands on leaders in the industry.

VIEW THE SURVEY RESULTS

Leadership capabilities for a new era of private equity valuation

VIEW THE SURVEY RESULTS

Previous annual PE Leadership Surveys

Webinars & Podcasts

Webinar: Leadership capabilities for a new era of PE value creation

Partner & Managing Director Ted Bililies, Ph.D. is joined by Danie Levy, Principal, Talent & Organization at The Carlyle Group, Lane McDonald, Managing Director, Strategy & Operations at OMERS, and Joanne Taylor, Partner & Managing Director at AlixPartners, to discuss the importance of leadership and talent strategy in the face of disruption. WATCH NOW

Webinar: Leadership imperatives in times of escalating disruption

Managing Directors Ted Bililies, Ph.D. and Adam Fless are joined by Michelle Nasir, Chief Talent Officer at Arsenal Capital Partners, Melissa Mounce Mithal, Managing Director at GTCR, and Dave Richards, Portfolio Support at Advent International, to discuss the biggest challenges confronting private equity leaders and the best avenues for navigating these challenges. WATCH NOW

WEBINAR: SUPPORTING PORTFOLIO COMPANIES IN TIMES OF DISRUPTION

Private equity value-creation experts Ted Bililies and Will Bundy discuss results from AlixPartners’ Sixth Annual PE Leadership Survey with KKR Capstone’s Anne Arlinghaus, as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by GPs during the pandemic, and what they anticipate for investors and business leaders next. LISTEN NOW

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AlixPartners' 6th Annual Private Equity Leadership Survey 2021

Listen in as Ted Bililies, AlixPartners Managing Director and Chief Talent Officer, hosts a panel of industry experts, including AlixPartners Managing Directors Will Bundy and Adam Fless, Melissa Mounce, a Managing Director at GTCR LLC, and Bruce Kenny, Operating Executive at Evergreen Coast Capital as they discuss how companies can best weather times of disruption. WATCH NOW

Managing Director Ted Bililies on The Private Equity Funcast Podcast

Managing Director Ted Bililies shares his insight on the podcast, detailing the findings of our Annual Private Equity Leadership Survey and what that means for day-to-day operations and strategies for PE leadership and their portfolio companies. LISTEN NOW

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Fifth annual PE leadership survey

AlixPartners Managing Director Ted Bililies, Ph.D., Director Clark Perry, Ph.D., and Senior Vice President Joshua Tecchio discuss the 2020 survey findings on human capital’s role in investment success, effective implementation of culture, how to know when you need to improve, and how crucial the CEO’s role in culture is. WATCH NOW

Fourth annual PE leadership survey

Not every deal is made or broken on the numbers alone. The people—especially the triangle between the Investor, CEO, and CFO—are the keys to success. AlixPartners Managing Director Ted Bililies, Ph.D. and Senior Vice President Joshua Tecchio discuss the 2019 survey results and best practices for applying the findings to your portfolio. WATCH NOW