Interim leadership · International structuring
Senior operators for energy and chemical businesses in transition.
We step in as interim CEO for 12 to 24 months and build the group structure a business needs to operate across borders. For family offices and investment funds with holdings in oil and gas, chemicals and lubricants.
Who we work with
Owners who need an experienced operator in the chair, for a defined period.
Family offices
A holding needs a steady hand while the family decides on succession, a sale or an expansion abroad. We run the business and prepare it for the decision.
Investment funds
A portfolio company is off plan, between CEOs, or entering a new region. We take executive responsibility and report to the board against agreed targets.
Interim executive leadership
Full executive responsibility for a fixed term, with a clear handover at the end.
- Interim CEO or Managing Director
- Turnaround and cost reset
- Post-acquisition integration
- International sales and access to national oil companies
- Search for and handover to a permanent CEO
International group structuring
The legal and operating set-up that lets a mid-sized business sell, produce and hold IP in several countries.
- Entity set-up in Europe, the Gulf, Central Asia and North America
- IP holding structures and patent portfolios
- Local manufacturing and in-country value programs
- Agency, distribution and supply agreements
- Board routines and reporting for multi-entity groups
How a mandate works
Three stages, agreed in writing before we start.
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1
Assess
We review the business with the owner or the board and agree on targets, authority and the end date of the mandate.
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2
Lead
We take the executive seat, run the team and report to the board every month on the agreed numbers.
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3
Hand over
We prepare or recruit the permanent leader and step out on the agreed date, with the structure documented.
An international specialty chemicals business, built from the ground up.
Client and company names are shared under NDA.
- Took the business international: Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and North America
- Opened more than six legal entities in several jurisdictions
- Secured international patents and concentrated the IP in a holding company
- Obtained product approvals from major national oil companies
Contact
Discuss a mandate in confidence.
Every conversation starts under NDA. We do not publish client names.