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Fractional CEO for PE-backed companies.

Operating horsepower for portfolio companies between full-time CEOs, or as a co-pilot to a first-time CEO. Real authority, sponsor-friendly cadence.

Topic: fractional CEO for PE-backed companies

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/01Answer-first

Why fractional instead of interim for a portco?

If the value-creation plan is healthy and the team is in place, fractional avoids the disruption and cost of a full-time interim while keeping operating discipline.

When the situation is acute or the seat is empty, default to interim. When the search is ongoing or the CEO simply needs a senior operator beside them, fractional fits.

/02What sponsors get

/Cadence

Weekly review, monthly board pack

Standardised operating system installed in the first 60 days.

/Discipline

KPI tree to a single page

No vanity metrics. Every number ladders to cash, growth or margin.

/Track record

US-fund-backed turnaround

CEO of Forvana Gaming (2024 to 2025), backed by a Seattle-based investment fund. Full restructuring, platform migration, handover.

/03If the seat is empty

When the portco actually needs a full-time interim CEO instead of a fractional, the right starting points are hireinterimceo.it for English-language mandates and the broader temporarymanager.work network for European temporary management. If the portco is recruiting a permanent replacement, the Italian executive search route is ricercaceo.it for a CEO, ricercaad.it for an AD, and ricercadirigente.it for a senior manager. Most sponsors I work with bounce between fractional CEO and interim CEO depending on the portco and the search status.

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