Private equity executive search for portfolio company leadership, value creation and NED appointments. Confidential, research-led, since 1988.
Oryx provides private equity executive search for funds and their portfolio companies, covering management team appointments at investment, mid-hold leadership changes, value creation and transformation hires, finance leadership through to exit, and chair and non-executive appointments. Portfolio work runs to a different clock from corporate hiring: an underperforming site or a delayed integration means new leadership is needed in weeks, and the appointment has to withstand diligence from both the deal team and the board. We handle that pace with a full-time in-house research team able to map a sector's operating leadership quickly and accurately, drawing on more than three decades of relationships across engineering, industrial, consumer, infrastructure and real estate businesses. We support funds at every stage of ownership, including management assessment during diligence, day-one appointments, bolt-on integration, and the strengthening of a board ahead of a sale process.
Retained by funds and their portfolio companies who cannot afford a miss
Flagstone is an award winning UK fintech company that operates a digital cash deposit and savings platform. It lets individuals, businesses, and charities manage multiple savings accounts across more than 65 banks using a single application. Oryx has handled a range of projects, most recently the hire of a Commercial director for the Jersey based Flagstone International business.
SNRG designs, funds, builds, and operates smart, localized microgrids and private wire energy networks for residential communities, real estate portfolios, and commercial campuses. They remove upfront capital costs for developers while integrating solar panels, battery storage, EV charging, and heat networks into a single system. Oryx has delivered several projects across various senior functions of the business.
As a private equity headhunter, Oryx is accustomed to searches conducted before a deal is public, where discretion is not negotiable and candidates must be approached without revealing the asset. Every assignment is retained and research-led: we identify the qualified population, verify what each individual has genuinely delivered in a leveraged environment, and present a pre-qualified shortlist within eight weeks with weekly auditable progress data throughout. Psychometric assessment is available and frequently used here, because a management team's ability to work together through a hold period is as material as any single track record. Oryx was founded in 1988 and is employee-owned, and our consultants typically stay with the firm for a decade or more, which matters to investors who hire repeatedly. Our private equity recruiters also support portfolio-wide talent mapping and benchmarking, giving investors a view of leadership bench strength across several holdings at once. We are equally comfortable working for a portfolio company directly, where the search is run by the management team and the fund is a stakeholder rather than the client.
Rebecca Ross
Director
26 years with Oryx
Nic Davis
Senior Consultant
11 years with Oryx
Colette Brown
Director
27 years with Oryx
Alex Mitchell
Director
26 years with Oryx
Will Strange
Director
28 years with Oryx
Gemma Killin
Senior Research Manager
12 years with Oryx
Phil Moran
Managing Director
37 years with Oryx
Jon Badger
Senior Research Manager
22 years with Oryx
Alec Berry
Senior Research manager
14 years with Oryx
