Finance, Risk & Legal

Leaders Who Transform Governance into Growth

The worlds of finance, risk, and legal have shifted from guardianship to growth acceleration. Today’s executives across these critical functions don’t just protect the business—they propel it forward. They turn compliance into competitive advantage, governance into growth, and uncertainty into opportunity. 

The companies that thrive will be led by leaders who balance ambition with accountability, harness technology as an enabler, and connect their functions directly to enterprise value creation.

What Defines Today’s Finance Leaders

Modern finance executives have evolved from controllers to co-pilots of strategy. They are no longer just reporting the numbers — they are shaping the narrative of growth. 

Growth catalysts

Leveraging predictive analytics and scenario modeling to find opportunities, not just manage budgets 

Digital pioneers

Deploying AI and real-time finance tools to accelerate decision-making and improve forecasting 

Cross-functional leaders

Speaking the language of technology, operations, and marketing to align strategy enterprise-wide

Strategic successors

Increasingly viewed as natural successors to broader leadership roles, with expanding influence across the enterprise

What Defines Today’s Risk Leaders

Risk leadership has moved from defense to offense — turning uncertainty into competitive advantage. 

Resilience Architects

Enabling organizations to move fast without breaking

Intelligence Enablers

Embedding risk maturity into decision-making across the business

Technology Integrators

Unifying enterprise risk and governance through automation and real-time visibility

Culture Builders

Creating environments where risk awareness fuels innovation rather than blocks it

What Defines Today’s Legal Leaders

Legal leadership is no longer just advisory – it’s architecting strategy. 

Business strategists

Operating as business leaders with legal expertise, not lawyers in business roles 

Technology champions

Using AI and automation to transform service delivery and consistency 

Operations innovators

Building multidisciplinary teams that blend law with engineering, data, and process 

Value creators

Turning legal functions into accelerators of revenue, brand trust, and growth 

Meet The Consultants 

Eduardo Antunovic

Senior Partner

Guy Blench

Partner

Karin Brandes

Senior Partner

Jim Brownwood

Senior Partner
Tilly Burles

Tilly Burles

Vice President

Andy Davies

Senior Partner

Arnaud Despierre

Senior Partner
Gilles Dregi de Fontcuberta

Gilles Dregi de Fontcuberta

Senior Partner

How We Help
Clients Win

We partner with Fortune 500 companies facing rising complexity, high-growth firms professionalizing governance, and PE-backed portfolio companies requiring leaders who balance speed with discipline. 

Whether you need finance leadership to steer strategy, risk expertise to embed resilience, or legal excellence to transform operations, we deliver leaders across the corporate functions who turn governance into growth. 

Finance, Risk & Legal Leadership for PE & VC Portfolios 

Many of our searches are for PE- and VC-backed companies, where finance, risk, and legal leaders must deliver rapid value creation, manage transformation under compressed timelines, and ensure exit readiness. 

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Our first conversation will be a collaborative exercise where our consultants will go through a discovery process that will deliver a search strategy validated by you in real time.