Executive Search for Private Equity Sponsored Hospitality Platforms

A new sponsor usually means a new leadership bar. The first 100 days after close are when the CFO, COO and CPO seats get decided, and the quality of those hires sets the pace for the entire hold period. Gravity Talent Partners works with operating partners, deal teams and portfolio company CEOs to fill the seats that matter most after a transaction in the restaurant, hotel and hospitality sector.

What we understand about sponsor backed hospitality

Sponsor reporting and board cadence. Add on integration and the leadership gaps it exposes. The difference between a founder era executive and one who has lived through an exit. The operating partner who needs a bench built in a quarter, not a year. We have spent 33 years in this industry and 15 of them recruiting for PE backed platforms, and we know what a portfolio company leadership team has to look like by the time the next raise or sale process begins.

Seats we fill for portfolio companies

Chief Executive Officers and Presidents. Chief Financial Officers and Chief Accounting Officers. Chief Operating Officers and Senior Vice Presidents of Operations. Chief People Officers and heads of Human Resources. Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Development Officers and Chief Technology Officers. Regional and divisional executives accountable to the platform. Every search is retained, led personally by our founder, and run with the discretion a post close transition requires.

Terms built for sponsors

Engagements are structured around the seat rather than a one size fits all fee. Fees are capped, every placement carries a guarantee, and there are no incremental charges for travel, sourcing or administration. For sponsors with several portfolio companies in hospitality, we offer a portfolio wide arrangement that keeps one search partner across the platform.

If you have a portfolio company with an open seat, or a management team that needs strengthening before the next raise, contact us today via our homepage form.