Andesite Partners
Head of M&A/CorpDev - Private Equity Backed Technical & Industrial Services Business
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The Opportunity
Andesite Partners has been exclusively retained by an exceptional European mid-market private equity investor to lead the appointment of a Head of M&A/ Corporate Development for its latest platform investment and buy-and-build strategy. The group operates across specialist technical and outsourced services supporting customers in critical industrial, infrastructure and asset-intensive markets. Its activities span complementary areas including technical inspection and assurance, asset integrity, engineering-led services, specialist maintenance and repair, asset protection, technology-enabled field services and complex operational delivery.
The strategy is to build a scaled, high-quality technical services group through a combination of organic growth and disciplined acquisition. The immediate focus is on developing significant scale across the UK, bringing together high-quality specialist businesses with strong management teams, technical capabilities and defensible customer relationships. Over time, the ambition is to selectively broaden the platform across wider European markets.
This appointment represents the first dedicated senior M&A hire into the platform and the number-one M&A seat within the group. The successful individual will have a genuine opportunity to shape the acquisition strategy, establish the M&A capability and play a central role in building the business alongside the management team and private equity sponsor. We are looking for someone who can identify exceptional businesses, build relationships with their owners and convert opportunities into completed transactions.
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The Role
Working closely with senior management, the Board and private equity sponsor, you will take ownership of the acquisition agenda.
Key responsibilities include:
- Shape the acquisition strategy and priority areas for investment
- Build and develop the acquisition universe
- Originate opportunities and engage directly with founders and shareholders
- Lead valuation, financial analysis and transaction structuring
- Run diligence and manage external advisers
- Negotiate transactions through signing and completion
- Support integration and value creation post-acquisition
- Build the M&A capability and, over time, a broader team
This is a genuine end-to-end role with significant autonomy and direct access to senior decision-makers.
Requirements
We are looking for someone with:
- A strong track record of executing acquisitions
- Genuine end-to-end transaction experience
- Excellent valuation and financial analysis skills
- Strong commercial judgement
- Confidence negotiating directly with founders and shareholders
- Experience operating within or alongside PE-backed businesses
- The ability to work effectively in a lean, entrepreneurial environment
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Origination is valuable, but execution and conversion are the key hiring criteria. Specific subsector experience is attractive but not essential. Proven buy-and-build experience and the ability to transact with owner-managed businesses matter more.
Candidate Backgrounds
We are open-minded on background, but likely profiles include:
- Head of M&A / Head of Corporate Development
- Corporate Development Director / M&A Director
- Senior number two ready to step into their first leadership role
- Industrial, infrastructure or business-services investment banker with genuine deal ownership
- Lower-mid-market private equity professional looking to move into an operating platform
Unfortunately, visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates must therefore already have the unrestricted right to work in the UK, for example through British citizenship, settled status or indefinite leave to remain.
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