Private Equity Operating Partner Consulting

Operating partners carry the weight of the value creation plan across a growing portfolio — too many companies, too many quarters, too few hours. Stonehill works as an extension of the operating partner function, embedding senior practitioners directly inside portfolio companies to execute the hard parts: integration, operational lift, AI and automation rollouts, and exit preparation. We don't deliver decks and disappear. We stand up the plan, run the playbook alongside management, and hand back a stronger asset.

Where We Work Across the Hold Period

Most engagements start with a specific inflection point — a closing, a missed quarter, a stalled integration, a planned exit. We are built to move fast on each:

• Pre-close and operational diligence. Independent operational diligence beyond the QofE — process maturity, system risk, key-person dependencies, integration cost build-up, and synergy validation. Our diligence outputs are designed to feed directly into the 100-day plan.

• Day 1 and the first 100 days. Functional integration leadership, Day 1 readiness, quick-win identification, and a 100-day plan management buys into because they helped build it. We've run this for carve-outs, platform builds, and bolt-on add-ons.

• Hold period value creation. Embedded program management on the initiatives that move EBITDA — pricing and commercial excellence, operating model redesign, ERP and CRM rationalization, AI and automation in finance and operations, and middle management capability build.

• Exit readiness and carve-outs. TSA scoping and exit, stand-up of separate systems, financial and operational reporting hardening, and the operational narrative that supports the sell-side process.

Why Operating Partners Hire Stonehill

• Senior practitioners, not a pyramid. Every engagement is led by operators who have done the work inside Fortune 500 companies and PE-backed portfolio companies. There is no offshored junior team and no learning on your dime.

• Middle market focus. We are built for $50M–$1B revenue portfolio companies, where the management team is lean, the systems are mid-maturity, and big-firm overhead destroys the economics.

• Design Thinking plus analytics. Our methodology pairs structured problem solving with the data and AI muscle most middle market companies cannot build internally. Our Center of Excellence for AI, Automation, and Analytics is embedded in every engagement that needs it.

• Aligned to the value creation plan. We work backwards from the investment thesis and the exit, not from a generic transformation framework.

Need execution muscle behind the value creation plan?
Tell us about the portfolio company, the inflection point, and the timeline. We'll come back within 48 hours with a focused approach and a fee range — no boilerplate proposal cycle.