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Private Equity

An extension of your own team.

Private equity is where Carnegie began and where our expertise runs deepest. We understand the lifecycle, the pressures and the standard of finance talent that private ownership demands.
Why Carnegie

We speak the language of the deal.

Private equity finance recruitment is unlike any other. The professionals who thrive in a portfolio company are not simply technically capable; they are comfortable with pace, accountable to investors and resilient through the full hold period.
Because we have spent more than twenty years in this market, we recognise those qualities quickly and reliably. We know which professionals create value and which simply maintain the status quo.
That is why so many firms treat us not as a supplier, but as an extension of their own team.
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Across the lifecycle

The right talent at every stage of the hold.

Our support is shaped by where an investment sits in its journey, from the first days of diligence to the final preparations for exit.

01

The right technical screen

SPV accounting, long-dated valuations and project finance debt are testable. We test for them before you meet a candidate.

02

The First 100 Days

We place the finance leaders who set the foundations, establishing reporting, controls and the operating rhythm that the hold period will rely upon.

03

Value Creation

As the investment matures, we identify the operational finance talent that turns a plan into measurable, defensible value.

04

Exit Readiness

When the time comes to realise value, we ensure the finance function can withstand scrutiny and present the business at its very best.

Roles we place

From the investment team to the finance function.

  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Financial Controller
  • Investment Director
  • Executive Assistant & PA
  • Finance Director
  • Fund Accountant
  • Investor Relations Director
  • Office Manager
Who we partner with

Across the private capital ecosystem.

  • Executive Assistants to Partners
  • Portfolio companies
  • GP-led secondaries
  • Co-investment vehicles
  • Family offices
Hiring in NAV financing or the secondaries market? Our dedicated division covers both sides of the transaction.
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Building teams across Europe? Our strategic partnership with Greenfield unites London and Luxembourg, Europe’s two leading private markets hubs.
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“The recruitment firm that private equity firms treat as an extension of their own team.”

20+

Years serving private equity

200+

Portfolio appointments made

90%

Mandates from repeat clients

4wks

Typical shortlist timeline
Common questions

How we work with private equity.

Both, and frequently in concert. We are engaged by funds to strengthen their own teams and by portfolio companies to build finance functions, often introduced by the investor who trusts our judgement.
Yes. We understand that deal timetables do not flex around recruitment. We mobilise quickly and have placed critical finance hires within the constraints of live transactions.
Beyond technical capability, we assess for the temperament a private equity environment demands: comfort with pace, accountability to investors, and the resilience to deliver through the full hold period.
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Building a portfolio team?

Whether you are hiring into the fund or strengthening a portfolio company, we would welcome the conversation.
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  • Established 2006
  • London · New York · Luxembourg
  • Discreet & confidential