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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
/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. Most sponsors I work with bounce between fractional CEO and interim CEO depending on the portco and the search status.