Supporting Smarter, Faster, Better Hiring Decisions

In private equity, the cost of a poor leadership hire can be significant — in time, money, and momentum. Our talent mapping service is designed to de-risk critical hiring decisions by providing a clear, evidence-based view of the talent landscape before you move to market.

Marble Hill Partners delivers strategic insights into who’s out there, how they compare, and what it would take to attract them. This isn’t guesswork or generic desk research — it’s focused, real-time intelligence shaped by your specific business context and investment goals.

Used pre-deal, pre-search, or in parallel with succession planning, our mapping provides a competitive edge. We identify high-potential candidates in target geographies and sectors, benchmark the leadership structures of peer businesses, and highlight capability gaps in your current team. This helps sharpen search briefs, validate assumptions, and set realistic expectations with boards and investors.

Whether you’re exploring the feasibility of a new role, assessing bench strength post-acquisition, or anticipating future leadership needs, our insights empower you to act with confidence.

What We Offer

• Targeted Talent Mapping: Identification of potential candidates in key roles and sectors, including competitor and adjacent-market analysis.

• Organisational Intelligence: Structural analysis of leadership teams in comparable businesses, revealing how others are configured to scale.

• Succession Planning Support: Assessment of internal and external successor options, with clear readiness timelines.

• Market Readiness Insight: Evaluation of candidate availability, mobility, and likely motivators — critical for shaping search strategy and remuneration.

• Pre-Deal People Due Diligence: Early insight into leadership talent availability in a sector or region, to support deal thesis and post-close planning.

Why It Matters

Leadership hiring in private equity needs to be fast, focused, and right-first-time. Talent mapping reduces guesswork and delivers clarity — enabling you to define roles more precisely, approach the right candidates more efficiently, and build leadership teams that truly fit your investment model.

You get to market smarter, align more effectively with your value creation plan, and mitigate costly missteps.

Why Marble Hill Partners?

We operate exclusively in the private equity space and understand what good leadership looks like in a value creation context. Our mapping work draws on proprietary search data, deep sector knowledge, and trusted candidate relationships built over 15+ years.

Each engagement is bespoke — tightly scoped, insight-rich, and always actionable. Whether supporting a CEO, an investment director, or a talent partner, we deliver clarity that drives better decisions.