The Private Equity Podcast, by Raw Selection

Hosted by Alex Rawlings, Managing Partner of Raw Selection, a specialist executive search firm. Join us as we interview the leading experts in Private Equity, unlocking their secrets of success to share with you.

Discover how some of the top Private Equity professionals got into Private Equity, how they rose to success and learn about some of the mistakes they made along the way.

Alex has strong connections to the Private Equity industry through his executive search firm, Raw Selection, which specialises in working with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies across Europe and North America. Alex is straight talking and to the point and aims to unlock real gold you can build into your firm or portfolio companies. Find out more at www.raw-selection.com

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Episodes

Adam Coffey on the Best Practices for Acquisition and Integration

Private Equity Podcast Today’s Guest Today we welcome Adam Coffey, bestselling author of The Private Equity Playbook. For over two decades, he worked as president and CEO of several private equity-backed service companies. Currently, he is the CEO of CoolSys, a market-leading refrigeration and HVAC service company in America. What You’ll Learn Recruiting the right people to drive growth Best practices for acquisition and integration Adam’s exit strategy Breakdown [00:00:47] Getting to know Adam ...

Apr 05, 2021•1 hr 10 min

Bruce Sinclair on Digital Transformation and its Impact

Today’s Guest Today we welcome Bruce Sinclair, founder and principal consultant of Digital Operating Partners. Drawing from his experiences as a CEO and as a consultant, he authored two books on how businesses can leverage technology to create more value. What You’ll Learn Definition of digital transformation and how it creates value How to get started on digital transformation The role of digital transformation in private equity Example applications of high-level technology to create smart prod...

Mar 23, 2021•56 min

Laith Murad on Strategies That Work for Chief Marketing Officers

Private Equity Podcast Today's Guest Today we welcome Laith Murad, an experienced Chief Marketing Officer, having worked for small equity-backed companies right up to being a vice president with Yahoo. What You'll Learn The relationship between marketing and business success How to beat your competition using SEO Why emotions and human behavior are essential to every marketing campaign Why data doesn't always work in marketing How to determine your target audience How influencers have evolved fr...

Mar 09, 2021•49 min

Greg Gille on How Private Equity Firms Fuel Top Tier Value Creation

Today's Guest Today we welcome Greg Gille, the chief editor of Unquote, a European public equity publication that focuses on financial markets across Europe from a data viewpoint. Gille is also the chair of the judging panel for the British Private Equity Awards. What You'll Learn How private equity firms create value Why consistency is key in value creation What makes a successful private equity firm Why most finance people detest private equity How cumulative mistakes have the potential of sin...

Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min

Carol Crick on Why Trusting Your Private Equity Firm is Key to Success as a Portfolio Company

Today's Guest Today we welcome Carol Crick, Vice President of HR at Acorn Growth Companies, a middle market Private Equity firm focused on aerospace, defence and intelligence. Acorn invests in operating companies that strive to enhance global mobility, protect national interests, and develop next-generation intelligence gathering technology. Prior to joining Acorn, she spent years mentoring and leading teams to build corporate HR departments, and assisted multiple companies to grow both organica...

Feb 09, 2021•30 min

Greg Bloom on Growing a Successful Aerospace & Defence Company and his Predictions for the Future of the Industry

Today's Guest Today we welcome Greg Bloom, an experienced private equity backed operating partner and CEO experienced in the aerospace, defence and intelligence sector. Greg is possibly one of the most connected people I know in the A&D world and has a stellar track record of growing companies. Starting his career in Investment Banking, Greg spent his early career working for Prudential Securities in both Los Angeles and New York. Greg then spent the next 10 years working for various differe...

Jan 26, 2021•45 min

Marc Prine on How Industrial-Organisational Psychology Can Help You Unlock the Best Talent for Your Business

Today's Guest Today we welcome Marc Prine, an industrial-organisational psychologist working with Private Equity clients in the US to improve their performance by using data to better manage their people. What’s in this episode? In today’s episode Marc explains how he helps his clients secure the talent that is right for them, using a mixture of executive assessment and selection, succession planning, job analysis and business process improvement. What you'll learn What exactly is an industrial/...

Jan 12, 2021•46 min

Paul McCluskey on Exits and Building a Successful CRO Business

Today's Guest Today we welcome Paul McCluskey, an experienced Private Equity board director with a record of creating significant shareholder value and delivering strategic growth. Originally qualifying with KPMG as a Chartered Accountant, Paul then moved into the FTSE 100 environment. After selling one of the FTSE 100 businesses to an American business, Paul started on the Private Equity journey in 2007 when he was part of the MBO team that took Synexa life sciences private with Private Equity,...

Dec 29, 2020•1 hr 1 min

Rick Brawn on Transitioning from Running Companies as CEO to Becoming an Operating Partner

Today's Guest Today we welcome Rick Brawn, Operating Partner at GenNx360, an operationally focused Private Equity firm that invests in industrial and business service companies. After receiving his engineering degree from MIT, Rick joined Pratt and Whitney, an engine company part of United Technologies. He was with the company for 17 years, achieving his masters and MBA in engineering, holding various different positions and even moving to 6 different countries with his wife and 4 children to go...

Nov 19, 2020•47 min

Victor Vescovo on Mountaineering, Deep Sea Explorations and Co-Founding a Private Equity Firm

Today's Guest We’re extremely excited to welcome Victor Vescovo to the podcast today. Victor is an American private equity investor, co-founder of Insight Equity, retired naval officer, and undersea explorer, being the first person to reach the deepest points of four of the Earth’s five oceans during the Five Deeps Expedition of 2018-2019. In 2017, Vescovo became the 12th American to complete the “Explorers Grand Slam” which requires climbing the highest peak on all seven of the world’s continen...

Nov 19, 2020•37 min

The Private Equity Podcast teaser

Introducing The Private Equity Podcast, hosted by Alex Rawlings. Over the coming episodes Alex will be interviewing the leading experts working in the Private Equity industry, unlocking their secrets of success to share with you. Discover how some of the top private equity professionals got into Private Equity, how they rose to success and learn about some of the mistakes they made along the way. Alex has strong connections to the Private Equity industry through his executive search firm, Raw Se...

Nov 18, 2020•2 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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