Friday, August 28, 2015

Operational Expertise Makes the Difference

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Dealmaking has been going like gangbusters for private equity firms throughout 2014 and 2015. However, many experts believe that PE firms will have a hard time producing outsized returns from the deals they completed in today’s market, where valuations are very high and leverage is abundant. To help portfolio companies achieve growth in all situations, but especially in today’s environment, Advent International and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe have both developed extensive operating partner programs over many years.  
What follows is an excerpt of a conversation with Conor Boden, head of portfolio board development at Advent International, and Tony Ecock, a general partner at Welsh, Carson, who is responsible for helping portfolio companies identify and implement initiatives focused on growth and operational improvement. They share insights into how operations professionals can add value and why they are important to investment strategies. 
You can read the interview here.

- Privcap, August 2015

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