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profile | elias mazzawi

interim operating partner & portco executive

Supporting growth, navigating transitions and scaling mid-market PE businesses.  

  

Building on a 25-year international career in strategy, transformation and commercial leadership, I have spent the past 5+ years working with private equity firms and their portfolio companies.


I’m typically brought in when internal capacity is stretched — post-deal, mid-hold or during preparation for exit; and often to businesses navigating new markets or unfamiliar ownership structures.


I’ve transformed commercial operations for PE environments, integrated acquisitions, restructured operations in buy-and-build platforms and designed and executed revenue synergy strategies – delivering capital value and in-year profit uplift at ‘gear-change’ moments. 


My focus is on financial and business services (with additional experience in manufacturing and adjacent sectors) — and where 'making a difference' requires a blend of transformation capability and hands-on commercial / operational leadership.  Career-wise, I've worked at Marsh McLennan, McKinsey, Capgemini and AXA.  The UK is my home market, with spent several years in the Middle East and project experience across Europe and the US. 


I hold an MBA from London Business School and an MA from Oxford University, and I’m a qualified non-executive director. Outside work, I’m based in rural UK (not far from London — or an airport) and I spend as much time as I can on horseback. 

testimonials

  " .. knows how to bring change to an organisation”. 

CEO

" .. gets things done in complex and challenging environments”. CEO.

 “ .. sensitivity, humour and a rare mix of partnership and objectivity”. Chair 

" .. pragmatic transitional leadership grounded in deep subject-matter expertise”. CFO

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