The Drawdown Awards: Operational Leaders

The Drawdown Awards Operational Leaders recognises 25 exceptional professionals working behind the scenes at GP firms across Europe.

These are the finance directors, technology heads, compliance officers, legal counsel, and HR leaders who drive operational excellence, solve complex challenges, and raise standards across the private capital industry.

Selected by The Drawdown's editorial team, these individuals will be profiled in the publication and across The Drawdown website, and celebrated for their contribution to making European private equity operations run brilliantly.

2025 Operational Leaders

View the 2025 winners below.

CFO
Freshstream
Managing Director & Head of Operations
ICG
COO
Phoenix Equity Partners
Chief Financial Officer, Finance & Operations
Northwall Capital
Partner - Finance
MML Capital Partners
CFO
ETF Partners
CFO
Kennet Partners
Finance Manager
Park Square Capital
CTO
Clipway
Partner, COO & CFO
Headway Capital Partners
Head of Information Systems
Sofinnova Partners
CFO & COO
YFM Equity Partners
Vice Principal
Hollyport Capital
Managing Partner & COO
Cipio Partners
Director of Portfolio Management & Finance
Advent International
Global Head of IT
Apax Partners
Finance Assistant
Endless
COO
Federated Hermes Private Equity
Partner & General Counsel
17Capital
CFO
Apera Asset Management
Director of Finance
Stable
Chief Financial Officer
bd-capital
Partner & General Counsel
Inflexion
General Counsel and Head of ESG
FSN Capital Partners
COO
Soho Square Capital

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