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The Chief of Staff role has become a key early hire in PE-backed portfolio companies, helping CEOs create leverage in the critical post-acquisition phase. It plays a central role in driving Value Creation Plan execution, strengthening investor communications, and improving leadership team effectiveness. This article explores why demand for the role has increased and what good looks like in practice.

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A structural shift in talent is enabling organisations to access senior operators and specialists on a flexible, project basis at scale. First-mover PE and enterprise clients are moving away from traditional consulting toward agile, workstream-based teams combining ex-MBB partners, operators, and experts to deliver lower cost and often higher-quality execution, while also embedding lightweight internal capability to retain momentum after delivery.

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