Advisory & Placements

Backed by powerful recruitment tools, GLG taps practitioners to integrate real-world operational reality into your value creation playbook and connects you with leaders who can help you maximize your exit multiple.

  • Deal Advisors: We augment your deal team with operators who provide the power of perspective needed to substantiate a proprietary growth story and bid with confidence.
  • Board Placements: We source board talent with the recent, relevant experience essential across the deal lifecycle.

Why choose GLG:

Recruited by former PE headhunters

Our teams are led by specialized teams who speak the language of PE and understand the specific nuances of pre-deal advisory and non-executive board search.

Move at the speed of your deal

We eliminate long lead times to meet your most aggressive diligence sprints. Meet qualified candidates within just one week of project kick-off.

Transparent pay-at-placement pricing

No upfront fees or retainers—we only win when you find the perfect match.

Get the expertise you need to win

Case studies

Pre-deal advisor: aviation ground leasing

The challenge: A large-cap PE fund needed an advisor to vet a leading aviation leasing target and join investment committee meetings, review commercial due diligence reports, advise on the potential value creation plan, and meet the target’s management team.

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The GLG Approach & Outcome:

Within 48 hours, we delivered three former C-level industry experts.

The firm retained a former North American CEO who provided the customer lens needed to win the bid, with the potential to later join the Board of Directors. 

Pre-deal advisor: industrial manufacturing

The challenge: During due diligence on a UK electronic design and manufacturing business, a US fund required deep technical insight into the power transmission market. 

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The GLG Approach & Outcome:

GLG provided seven sector-specific operating executives, four of which the client spoke to within two weeks of project kickoff.

The firm retained a technical operations veteran with 30 years of experience who was intimately familiar with the target’s competitors and end-markets.

Audit committee chair placement: architectural décor

The challenge: Post-acquisition, a mid-market fund needed an audit committee chair with a rare mix of manufacturing expertise and e-commerce revenue experience.

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The GLG Approach & Outcome:

GLG sourced 10+ qualified candidates and managed a rigorous interview process involving key stakeholders from the portfolio company management and deal teams.

GLG enabled the firm to place an audit committee chair who provided immediate manufacturing-specific financial oversight required for the new acquisition.

Chair placement: student accommodation business

The challenge: A Nordic infrastructure fund needed an experienced chair to integrate a new CEO, drive down operating costs and stabilize the business after C-suite level changes. 

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The GLG Approach & Outcome:

GLG identified several eligible candidates across relevant sectors, from facilities management to real estate and care homes.

GLG placed the former CEO of a leading UK housing association. Our proprietary referencing confirmed him as one of the most respected residential real estate figures in the country.

Independent board member: industrial distribution

The challenge: A global PE firm needed an independent board member with industrial distribution experience to mentor a portfolio company CEO and navigate complex Amazon distribution channels during the acquisition of an RV and Marine components business.

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The GLG Approach & Outcome:

GLG screened and presented 15 specialized candidates over four weeks to ensure strategic and cultural alignment for the management team.

The transaction team secured a candidate whose experience was “directly in-line” with their ideal profile, completing the board placement within two weeks of the initial interview.

Executive-grade search at the speed of your deal cycle

Whether you need a pre-deal advisor to vet a target or a chair to lead a turnaround, our team is ready to source the exact expertise you need.

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Speaker Biographies

Hilary Malone PhD, has over 25 years of experience in global drug development, regulatory &government affairs, manufacturing and commercialization within the biopharma industry. Hilary hassignificant board level and executive committee experience including large scale organizationalrestructuring/transformation/integration, major M&A, biotech start-up, capital raising, investorrelations and pre-IPO.​

Hilary is currently CEO of Stylus Medicine, a private genetic medicine biotech company. Previously sheserved as CEO of a Series-A neuroscience company. Prior to these roles, Hilary served as COO & EVP atValo Health Inc., Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP at Sanofi Inc., and Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP atPfizer and Wyeth. Previous experience also includes senior regulatory and drug development roles atReata Pharmaceuticals Inc., AstraZeneca plc and GlaxoSmithKline plc.​

Hilary also serves on the Board of Directors of Hansa Biopharma and Adthera Bio. Hilary holds a PhD inMolecular Neuropharmacology and a BSc in Physiology.

Dr. Thomas Lönngren is Director at his own company PharmaExec Consulting AB. He is the Chairman of the Board of directors at Egetis Therapeutics AB, Sweden. Dr Lönngren also serves as board member at Compass Pathways PLC, London UK and NDA Group, Sweden. He acts as advisor to the following companies and organizations: NDA group, Sweden, Sweden, Artis Venture, San Francisco, US, Fujimoto Japan, Skin2Neuron Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, US, Special advisor to the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS), London UK. From 2001 until2011, Mr.Lönngren served as the Executive Director of the European Medical Agency. He was previously Deputy General Director of the Swedish Medical Product Agency until 2000. He has a degree in pharmacy and MSc in Social and Regulatory Pharmacy from Uppsala University. He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain, Honorary Doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Honorary Doctorate from University of Bath, UK.

Speaker Biographies

Marie-Anne Aymerich

Marie-Anne has built a portfolio of senior advisory and non-executive roles, following a successful international career in the FMCG and Luxury sectors. She is a non-executive director of Haleon, a FTSE100 company listed in 2022 after the demerger from GSK. She is also chairwoman of Haleon Environment and Societal Sustainability committee. She is the executive director of the Pierre Fabre Group where she also sits on the Strategic Committee, and she is a Board Member of The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, one of the world’s most prestigious chamber orchestras. She is also an angel investor and focuses her time and investments on start-ups with the strongest purpose and impact.

Marie-Anne is also a regular lecturer at HEC Paris on purposeful leadership, and she has created a serious game called “Planet Purpose” to upskill people on sustainability and purpose. Throughout her 35year executive career she delivered a strong track-record of business performance and growth in brands and portfolio in both developed and emerging economies.

As a senior leader with Unilever, she led a number of different personal care categories across France, Spain and the USA – including managing the Dove brand worldwide and culminating in leading Unilever’s global Oral Care division. She also worked for LVMH as Brand General Manager of Dior Perfumes and Cosmetics worldwide. Marie-Anne was also Vice-President of Imagine for Margo – Children with Cancer for ten years, a charity she helped found in 2011 with the goal of eradicating children’s cancer. The charity is the #1 charity focused on child cancer in France and has fundraised more than €14m since its creation. Marie-Anne is a graduate from HEC Paris. She is married and has two children aged 29 and 26.

Patrick Jephson

Patrick Jephson is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, based in Washington D.C. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding and crisis communications, addressing conferences worldwide as well as events at the U.S. State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

With more than twenty-five years’ experience in the government, luxury and family office sectors, Patrick’s portfolio has included globally admired brands as well as national agencies and NGOs. He has also worked on reputation and legacy briefs with European, Middle Eastern and Asian families, including royalty. He now writes, presents, and advises on factual and drama TV programs, appearing on every major American and many international networks. He was recently an expert consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown and provided live commentary on the Coronation of King Charles.

Patrick owes much of his practical communications and protocol experience to Princess Diana, who chose him to be her equerry and only private secretary/chief of staff. He served the Princess for eight years, responsible for all aspects of her public life, global humanitarian initiatives, and private organization. Having worked for an internationally high-profile woman (and as the father of two professionally successful daughters) he feels a special affinity for cross-cultural, gender and perception issues.

Patrick was born and raised in Ireland and holds a master’s degree in political science from Cambridge University. As an officer in the British Royal Navy, he served all over the world before being selected for royal duty. He is a citizen of the U.K., U.S.A., Ireland, and Canada.