Skillcapital in brief
Key facts
38%
of Skillcapital's placements in 2007 were made pre-transaction allowing management candidates to assess the deal with our client ahead of completion.
Skillcapital is a pan-European executive search firm that focuses exclusively on the needs of the private equity industry and other control stake financial investors.
Skillcapital connects private equity firms and European business leaders. We identify, evaluate and recruit leadership teams for private equity-backed companies; and we use our sector knowledge and insight to help our clients research markets and appraise potential acquisitions.
We cover six sectors: Business Services; Consumer; Financial Services; Healthcare; Industrials; and Technology, Media & Telecommunications. Our clients invest in companies with enterprise values of between €10 million and €10 billion.
Skillcapital is the only firm of its kind. Through our specialised focus and unique business model, we have built personal relationships with major players in private equity, senior executives at market-leading companies and the professionals who advise them. Since Skillcapital was formed in 1998, we have been involved in over 2,500 private equity transactions and placed leadership teams at private equity-owned businesses throughout Europe.
“Cinven likes to work with specialist advisors who really understand the private equity market. We have regularly worked with Skillcapital to find world class management teams for our portfolio companies...”
Guy Davison
Partner, Cinven
Sectors
Skillcapital’s sector-based structure reflects the private equity industry’s predominant business model. Six specialist teams constantly track developments in our chosen sectors and get to know management teams at industry-leading companies.