Senior advisory support for prestigious middle-market PE fund

At a glance

The challenge

The investment team had worked with a range of providers across pre-deal diligence and management team sourcing, but found incumbent support was not meeting the standard required and engaged Nova to provide senior advisory and executive access.

The solution

Nova provided a flexible, credit-based engagement model, enabling access to senior advisors, executive talent and pre-deal insight across multiple live and prospective transactions.

The impact

Over a 15-month period, Nova supported more than 20 projects, introducing and placing 15+ senior advisors and contributing to the completion of two new investments.

Client objective

The client sought to establish a consistent, high-quality advisory and executive access model across its industrials investments, rather than relying on ad-hoc providers on a deal-by-deal basis.

Nova was engaged as a long-term partner to support repeat deal activity, ensuring rapid access to credible operating expertise during diligence and throughout ownership, enabling the fund to secure senior talent in highly competitive situations.

Nova in action

Nova established a structured engagement cadence with the investment team, initially holding weekly calls before moving to quarterly reviews, alongside individual briefings for new projects. Core stakeholders throughout the engagement were Vice Presidents, Principals and Managing Directors.

Leveraging our industrial advisory network, turnaround was consistently 24–72 hours from initial briefings, providing targeted access to senior advisors across a wide range of industrial sub-sectors.

Through a blended advisory and executive search model, Nova introduced and placed more than 15 advisors, with two engaged under formal senior advisor arrangements.

Nova supported the client throughout advisor negotiations and onboarding, ensuring continuity across projects and long-term alignment with the fund’s investment strategy.

Coverage: Aerospace & defence, packaging, distribution, specialty chemicals, vehicle aftermarket and services, and industrial technology and automation.

Senior advisory support for prestigious middle-market PE fund

At a glance

The challenge

The solution

The impact

Client objective

Nova in action

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