Is it time to hire an interim transformation executive? Interim management is a generic for an immediately available solution to businesses when advisory from the sidelines is not going to solve anything. This is parachute leadership — immediate, done-it-before experienced, embedded, accountable, and execution-driven. Each executive offers 25 plus years of experience, leading, changing, delivering, engaging, sharing what they know to get businesses up the curve fast.
For CEOs and Private Equity firms facing underperformance, leadership gaps or complex carve-outs — interim represents experienced, hands-on transformation leadership that delivers measurable results fast. Because they can start at short notice it’s time to hire an interim transformation executive.
Think about it. How many executives put their career reputations on the line to deliver a demanding project every 9 to 18 months or so? The compelling combination of proven expertise and a willingness to take a calculated risk to deliver much needed change attracts the attention of boards and PE firms when their businesses are on the line.
Value is important too. Most of the interims I represent are operating at Partner level of large consulting firms in terms of experience and credibility. Yet they’ll insanely charge a fraction of a Partner day rate. You do hire different people for different reasons. But above all, when the situation is really urgent, you need action from experienced, hands-on interims who back themselves deliver every time. There’s little arguement, if you set agreed goals, you’ll get great return on investment hiring an interim transformation executive.
I’ll outline one outstanding interim transformation executive who is available to hire today. Business transformation has many explainers, but these are rapid solutions to business challenges which get results time and time again.
The Proposition
An independent Interim Managing Director, Transformation & Turnaround Executive with deep blue-chip and international experience, engaged to stabilise, reset and accelerate businesses in distress, transition or value-creation mode.
With a track record across FMCG, B2B, B2C and D2C environments, including PE-backed and owner-managed businesses, his mandate is often simple:
Restore control. Rebuild capability. Recover EBIT. Enhance enterprise value.
What CEOs & PE Firms Get
Immediate Stabilisation
Structured Transformation
Hands-On Operational Leadership
Sustainable Value Creation
Here are some examples of impact
£100m UK private label manufacturer, loss-making for 2 years.
Outcome:
€60m European consumer goods distributor requiring urgent leadership reset.
Outcome:
How about some recent complex engagements
£90m UK group, 600 employees, heavily loss-making.
PE Carve-Out, £90m t/o of a highly fragmented 20-business, 30-site portfolio.
Why This Interim Transformation Executive Is Different
His Ideal Mandates
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What CEOs and Investors will get
When performance is under pressure, speed and clarity matter.
When enterprise value is at risk, experience matters.
When change must stick, leadership matters.
This is transformation leadership designed for results — not theory.
To hire this interim transformation executive contact Nick Diprose, lead partner of Holdsway, a source of expertly selected interim executives for over a decade.
T 0203 053 4438
