Our Specialties
Value Creation
Helping Private Equity and privately owned businesses hire the leaders who turn growth plans into results.
Helping Private Equity and privately owned businesses hire the leaders who turn growth plans into results.
We support private equity, venture capital investors, and privately owned businesses to design, execute, and deliver growth plans. Our team supports value creation initiatives across strategy development, M&A execution, and consolidation to ensure seamless integration and sustainable growth throughout the investment lifecycle.
We source strategy leaders who define and deliver portfolio growth plans, from market expansion to value creation roadmaps.
We have an exclusive network of M&A origination professionals who initiate the active sourcing of investment opportunity.
Our network includes market-leading M&A professionals from Heads down to Analysts, covering all phases of the deal cycle.
We identify Chiefs of Staff who act as strategic partners to C-level executives, turning vision into coordinated action across teams.
We place project leaders who drive and manage complex initiatives and value creation projects across multiple functions.
We have a network of integration specialists who ensure seamless consolidation after acquisitions.
We help portfolio companies hire leaders who can execute complex growth initiatives — from defining value creation plans to integrating acquisitions and delivering operational transformation.
We leverage our specialist network across strategy, M&A, and transformation to identify leaders with the experience to deliver on those objectives, assessing both capability and cultural fit.
Our team manages every stage of the search and placement process, ensuring a smooth experience for both investor and candidate, and long-term success within the portfolio.
Companies we worked with
Harry Turner
Senior Principal - Interim Management
mail harry.turner@privatal.co.uk call +44 (0) 20 3834 2066 Harry Turner
Senior Principal - Interim Management
mail harry.turner@privatal.co.uk call +44 (0) 20 3834 2066Harry is a specialist in recruitment across Private Equity portfolio companies, partnering with investors to deliver high-impact financial leadership and finance transformation mandates with pace and precision.
With three years of experience, Harry brings a deep and practical understanding of the private equity lifecycle. He is a trusted advisor to CFOs and investment professionals, known for his ability to identify and secure top-tier interim talent across a range of critical functions. His expertise spans core interim CFO appointments as well as finance transformation initiatives, including financial modelling, exit support, technical accounting, and ERP/EPM implementations across all finance workstreams.
He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cape Town and began his career with a six-month project management assignment in Saudi Arabia before relocating to London in 2021 to transition into private equity portfolio recruitment.
At Privatal, Harry combines technical insight, commercial acumen, and a sharp instinct for talent to help businesses unlock value and accelerate growth throughout the investment lifecycle.
James Woodley
Principal - Interim Management
mail james.woodley@privatal.co.uk call +44 (0) 20 3834 2066 James Woodley
Principal - Interim Management
mail james.woodley@privatal.co.uk call +44 (0) 20 3834 2066James studied MSc Investment at the University of Birmingham with an undergraduate BSc In Economics from the University of York. He has been supporting Private Equity Houses and their Portfolio Companies with Top Tier Interim Management support for several years at two UK Private Equity focused recruitment Agencies.
He has a deep network and understanding of Private Equity Value Creation and Portfolio Company nuances, making him a trusted partner to Tier 1 funds across Europe. James’ core focus is Interim CFO, Senior Finance and Finance Transformation hires, who can come in and support at critical inflexion points throughout the PE cycle.
