Results

The register.

Every embedded engagement since 2010, sponsor-backed and founder-led, from a portfolio assessment to the seat itself. What we did is on the record; who it was for is a partner’s call.

84
engagements
27
active
60
sponsor-backed
Steve Dion, Founder & CEO, Dion Leadership
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Sold to Gallagher · 2025

Steve Dion built Dion Leadership and sold it to Gallagher in 2025. Fairlead ran the process from preparation to close. Here he describes what that was like from the founder’s chair.

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The register

84 engagements, 2010 to today.

Interim CFO and controller seats, operating-partner roles, M&A and portfolio assessments, across energy and infrastructure, venture-backed companies and family offices. 27 active today; 60 with a sponsor at the table.

7 engagements · 3 filters onClear all
№ 024Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 24: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Serve on the advisory board of the parent company and provide financial advisory support for its investments

AdvisorySponsor-backed
№ 036Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 36: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Supporting efforts to secure a new PPA for the cogeneration facility. Preparing proposal structure and data request list for next steps.

Advisory
№ 051Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 51: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Fractional CFO support for this advanced nuclear energy company developing next-generation reactor technology. Fairlead provides audit coordination, financial modeling, capital raise advisory, and strategic support.

M&ALeadershipAdvisory
№ 065Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 65: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Energy advisory support for this the sponsor-owned data center platform. Fairlead provides power strategy analysis, total cost of ownership modeling for behind-the-meter generation solutions.

AdvisorySponsor-backed
№ 078Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 78: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

M&A advisory for the company, a the sponsor portfolio company selling its oil terminal assets. Fairlead manages the seller-side process end-to-end financial model and data room build-out, valuation narrative development, NDA/process negotiation.

M&AAdvisorySponsor-backed
№ 080Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 80: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Design and build of a business dashboard consolidating key KPIs into real-time reporting, alongside owner's-representative support guiding the D-365 ERP implementation.

Operating partnerAssessmentAdvisory
№ 083Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 83: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Standing up a Data Center development company

LeadershipAdvisorySponsor-backed