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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№ 070Energy & infrastructureActive
Engagement 70: company and sponsor withheld. Ask a partner for them.

Providing Operating Partner and fundraising support on behalf of the private equity co-owner of this 42 MW hydro project in Cote d'Ivoire.

Operating partnerAssessmentM&ASponsor-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