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.

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№ 021Other sectorsHistorical
Engagement 21: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Portfolio company assessment of an activated-carbon manufacturing startup with a focus on the sales strategy and operating costs followed by organizing and managing the bankruptcy.

Operating partnerAssessmentM&ASponsor-backed
№ 026Other sectorsHistorical
Engagement 26: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Developed and oversaw 100-day plan to integrate three industrial safety companies purchased by middle-marked PE fund.

Operating partnerAssessmentSponsor-backed
№ 027Other sectorsHistorical
Engagement 27: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Represented mezzanine lender in a declining telecom company. Facilitated sale of the company to recover full value.

Operating partnerM&ASponsor-backed
№ 064Other sectorsHistorical
Engagement 64: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Manage the resolution of liabilities and dissolution of a portfolio company that had sold substantially all of its assets.

Operating partnerSponsor-backed