Head of Mergers and Acquisitions

Privatal

Privatal is a niche private equity headhunting agency focusing on placing talents across i) finance ii) value creation & strategy iii) transformation and iv) management due diligence across Pan-Europe on an interim and permanent basis.

The Opportunity

Privatal is currently mandated by a European private equity fund in their search for a new group Head of M&A for their professional service platform in London, UK. It is a buy-and-build platform who is looking to scale further ahead of an exit by the fund over the next couple of years.

The Head of M&A Profile

• Experience in private equity-backed portfolio companies as Head of M&A, Corporate Development, or similar.
• Experience in multi-sided business models as part of the roll-up strategy.
• Experience in post-merger integration for the multi-side business model, drive consolidation, drive synergy realisation, and source new targets to add for the platform.
• Experience in building up M&A organisations, teams, and supporting the finance department in the integration of newly acquired entities.
• Background in transactional services, investment banking and/or other private equity driven portfolio companies.
• Experience in IT services, financial services, professional services, business service or similar is seen as a plus.
• Fluency in English, and ideally another European language.

Only successful candidates will be contacted for further discussions.

Thank you.

Julian Hove

Privatal