Talent Solutions for PE-Backed and Private Businesses
C-Suite Appointments – C-1 Hires – Modular Search – Talent Mapping – Pay & Reward Benchmarking
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Our Track Record
Private equity-backed businesses operate in high-stakes, high-velocity environments where leadership quality is critical to value creation. Marble Hill Partners specialises in supporting investors and management teams with tailored talent solutions across the investment lifecycle — from due diligence through to exit.
Our work spans four key areas: C-Suite Search, C-1 Search, Pre-Hire Talent Mapping, and Pay & Reward Benchmarking.
Since 2008 we have supported Private Equity investors, their Portfolio companies, and Private company owners to identify and secure the very best leadership and senior level talent to deliver the investment plan and drive value creation.
Our market insight and private equity knowledge of these ownership models is second to none and as a result, with along with our reputation as experts, we can be a true partner and advisor to our clients as they look to build leadership capability.
Here are a few facts and figures that illustrate our story:
years in the Private Equity market
completed Executive & Senior search assignments
completed Interim assignments
Private Equity Investors partnered with
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of placements are present at the next exit
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What We Do
We provide Executive & Senior level Search, Talent Insights and Pay Benchmarking solutions to Private Equity-backed and Privately Owned businesses in the UK. We build incredible teams using our extensive expertise and our proprietary ‘Right Mindset’ Assessment tool, to introduce highly capable talent to your businesses.
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Our Approach
We partner with Executive Teams and Investors to thoroughly understand their business needs and talent requirements for growth. Our private equity and private company expertise is combined with rigorous research and assessment methodologies allowing us to identify and hire the very best talent in the market, who can then deliver exceptional results.
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Our Mission
We ensure that PE-backed and Private businesses like yours are equipped with the most capable leadership, accelerating growth and creating value. Our goal is to introduce the best talent in the market, ensuring your company reaches its potential and can navigate the nuances that come with these ownership models.
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Our Focus
We work with UK-based Privately Owned or Private Equity-backed businesses in the lower-mid market, with enterprise valuations of between £10m and £250m, across all sectors, both at the point of investment when there is an immediate need to up-skill, as well as throughout the lifecycle for key person changes that can deliver the growth plan.
Roles and Sectors
Our expertise has led us to conduct searches for all senior and executive roles including:
- Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
- Chief Financial Officer and Finance Director
- Chief Revenue Officer and Chief Growth Officer
- Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer
- Chief People Officer and Human Resources Director
- Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Product Officer
- Chair and Non-executive Director
- Head of e-Commerce and Direct to Consumer
- Head of Sales, Sales Director and Business Development Director
- Chair and Non-executive Director
- Investment Director and Partner
Within:
Automotive ~ Aerospace ~ B2B ~ B2C ~ Banking & Financial Services ~ Business Services ~ Construction ~ Consulting ~ Consumer ~ Education ~ Energy ~ EV Charging ~ Engineering ~ Facilities Management ~ FMCG ~ Healthcare ~ Infrastructure ~ Investment Management ~ Leisure ~ Manufacturing ~ Pharmaceutical ~ Printing ~ Professional Services ~ Property Management ~ Publishing ~ Retail ~ Software ~ Technology ~ Training
C-Suite and C-1 Search
We lead critical searches for C-suite roles with a sharp focus on investor alignment, change-readiness, and cultural fit. Every appointment is made with the value creation plan in mind — fast, focused, and right-first-time.
Alongside this, through our Modular approach, we can support the evolution of the broader leadership bench at C-1 level, identifying high-calibre functional heads and direct reports to the C-suite — such as Finance Directors, HR leaders, Commercial Heads, and Operations Leads – either at the time you need them or as part of a longer tail.
Interim Management
Our interim executives are handpicked for their track record in value creation environments.
We maintain a curated network of PE-proven CFOs, COOs, transformation directors, HR leaders, and functional specialists who understand the pace, pressure, and performance standards of the PE world.
Every candidate is pre-vetted and rapidly deployable — often within days — ensuring our clients can respond quickly to critical business needs.
Talent Insights
Before any hire is made, we offer pre-hire talent mapping to bring market clarity and reduce risk. Whether used pre-deal, pre-search, or during growth planning, our talent mapping provides a real-world view of leadership availability, competitive positioning, and succession options.
This intelligence informs sharper role specifications and enables confident, data-led decision making.
Pay & Reward
Our pay & reward benchmarking service helps ensure your leadership compensation is competitive, aligned, and structured for performance. We benchmark total reward across relevant comparators, advise on incentive design, and support remuneration committees and investors in creating packages that attract, retain, and motivate the leaders you need.
What Our Clients Say
“I have used the Marble Hill team several times for Executive and Senior level recruitment and they have delivered on time on each occasion, against some difficult requirements. I find they are particularly good at finding candidates who are more regionally based outside of London, that other head-hunters often fail to identify. I find their communication style is second to none and what really impresses me is the great feedback of the experience that is given by the candidates – both successful and unsuccessful – this is really important. I would highly recommend James and the team!”
“We needed a CFO with a profile that could make an immediate impact on this business, especially as we get closer to an exit process. Marble Hill Partners knew our space very well and their track record meant they intuitively knew the core competencies needed for this person, and understood the level of success that we were looking for, as this hire was critical to us. The search process had good pace, with some great candidates being shortlisted, which really gave us confidence we would find the right person. End to end it has been a great search process and I would recommend Marble Hill Partners.”
“Marble Hill Partners have successfully placed 3 Managing Directors within our investment portfolio over the last few years.
They carefully adapted each search to our requirements and worked side by side with us as we engaged the talent market with very specific criteria, for what are always critical positions for the growth of our portfolio businesses and value creation.
I would definitely recommend Marble Hill Partners to any Investor looking to identify and add high quality executive and senior leadership talent into one of their portfolio businesses.”
It is all about “The Right Mindset”
From our extensive Exec Search experience and having conducted an independent psychological research study, we know that the high-pressured nature of private equity ownership is not for everyone, and believe that it takes a certain ‘type’ of person to navigate it.
Our research scientifically proved this belief, and since then, has been a core part of our candidate assessment process, and is the foundation of our ‘Mindset Assessment’.
Download a copy of our insights into the ‘Right Mindset’ to learn about:
- Our research methodology
- How to utilise the Right Mindset
- Consequences of having the wrong mindset
- Variations by differing business functions
- How to apply the Right Mindset
It is all about “The Right Mindset”
The high-pressure nature of the private equity environment is not for everyone, and we have always believed that it takes a certain ‘type’ of person to navigate it.
Our research proved this belief, and since then, has been a core part of our process, and is the foundation of our ‘Mindset Assessment’.
Download a copy of our insights into the ‘Right Mindset’ below to learn about:
- Our research methodology
- How to utilise the Right Mindset
- Consequences of having the wrong mindset
- Variations by differing business functions
- How to apply the Right Mindset