PRIVATE

EQUITY

PERFORMANCE

ARCHITECTS

We Build‍

DURABLE

DISTINCT

RESILIENT

WINNING

DURABLE

Teams

for private equity

What we are

We're a new kind  of search firm

We built value creation teams inside leading PE firms.  Now we help you design and build yours.

There's no single blueprint for a value creation team. Every private equity firm is different – strategy, culture, and ownership style all shape what kind of team will thrive. But most searches still start the same way: a call to a familiar firm, recycled resumes, an undifferentiated process, and a generic job description.

The slow, meandering search that follows might fill a role – but too often with talent that isn't truly compatible with where the firm is headed. We're different. We help firms pause, align, and design the role around what the business actually needs. We call it Performance Architecture.

That makes you wonder why...

You trust advisors who've never worked
‍in Private Equity

Value creation roles aren’t standard executive searches. They require clarity, alignment, and design before a single candidate is called. That’s how every search should be run. But most firms don’t know how because they’ve never built these teams themselves. We do more than anyone else can, but exactly what everyone else should

Misalignment at the start

Roles are loosely scoped, expectations are vague, and success isn’t defined.

A generic recruiting process

Resumes are recycled, timelines drag, and hires don’t truly fit where the firm is headed.

No post-hire support

Once the contract ends, so does the support - leaving firms with churn instead of impact.

Our solution
to this

Performance Architecture

It's intentional design – not making it up as you go. It's about solving for what you need now – and building for what comes next.

It's about lasting impact – long after the search is done.

Strategy

We challenge assumptions, expose blind spots, and guide you through trade-offs most firms miss.

Interview stakeholders (MPs, Principals, select CEOs)
Define organizational archetype (generalist, specialist)
Determine conditions for success
Develop long-term plan for how the role and team evolves
Design interview process and compatibility scorecard

Output

Commitment and alignment on team and role vision

Selection

We cut through the personal marketing to get to what matters – so you can hire with confidence.

Identify universe of potentially compatible candidates
Screen candidates for long-term compatibility
Sell the opportunity as an extension of your team
Ensure process stays true to the shared vision
Guide firm and candidates through to acceptance

Output

A winning candidate that's set up for success

Success

An accepted offer isn't the end – it's the start. We stay close to help hires land well and launch quickly.

Pre-start alignment with sponsor and hire
Guidance on 100 day success plan for hire
Regular check-ins on progress against success plan
Introductions to peers and mentors
Access to vetted 3rd party advisors

Output

Happy hires and the outcome you designed for

Why trust us

Our experience
by the numbers

PE Operations & Value Creation

Years leading PE value creation teams

75⁺

Hires into teams we personally led

Team builds across funds in US and UK

Portfolio
Companies

50⁺

C-Level executive and board hires

850⁺

Executives personally interviewed

60⁺

Companies impacted by teams we've led

Why we do this

It comes down to
one word

Potential

Performance Architects

Understanding potential. Achieving potential

Pushing the boundaries of potential—for individuals, for firms, and for the industry as a whole.

In private equity, potential often goes unrealized. High performers are hired, but the systems around them aren’t built to help them grow. Roles lack clarity. Teams lack integration. The firm misses out—not just on better returns, but on stronger culture, deeper talent, and lasting value.

John Zink

Co-Founder

About Me

Nowhere is this gap more obvious than in value creation, where turnover is nearly 3x higher than in investment roles. It’s not a talent problem. It’s a design problem.

That’s why we started Taurean.

To help firms align strategy with structure. To hire differently. To build the conditions for people—and firms—to reach their full potential.

Edward Richards

Co-Founder

About Me

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