When a transaction closes, the focus typically shifts to integration plans, value creation levers, and exit timelines. Yet one question often remains under-examined: does the existing leadership team have the capacity to deliver the investment case under new ownership?

This session brings together AvS Advisors consultants Frederik Otto, Helene Renoul-Grimm and Nick Harris for a cross-European conversation on leadership risk in private equity. Drawing on recent mandates with financial sponsors, they will explore how investors can move beyond intuition and assess management teams with greater rigour before signing.

The discussion will centre on Management Potential Analysis (MPA), a structured, evidence-based approach to evaluating whether executives can scale with the ownership model, where capability gaps may sit, and how leadership teams should be shaped post-closing.