Governance and committees
We take the interests of all Cinven’s stakeholders into account when making decisions, including those of the companies we own, their employees, suppliers and local communities, the environment and society as a whole.
The Leadership Team
Cinven’s Partners are responsible for the management of the firm – including the management of internal and external risks – and take all strategic decisions. The entire Investment Team meets weekly to discuss investment opportunities and portfolio matters. The entire Partner Group meets quarterly to discuss strategic issues.
The Partners take the interests of all Cinven’s stakeholders into account when making decisions, including those of the companies we own, their employees, suppliers and local communities, the environment and society as a whole.
Dedicated committees ensure rapid, effective decision-making. These are the Cinven Investment Committee, which approves new or follow-on investments; the Portfolio Review Committee, which monitors portfolio companies and realisations; and the Executive Committee, which is responsible for the firm’s resources. The mandate and membership of each of these committees is detailed below.
Cinven’s only business is the management of private equity funds, so the issue of potential conflicts of interest in respect of corporate advisory work does not apply to the firm.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee meets monthly and has general responsibility for Cinven’s resources, planning and internal firm issues, and for internal and external risk management.
Members: Robin Hall, Andrew Joy, Brian Linden, Guy Davison, Hugh Langmuir, Simon Rowlands, Stuart McAlpine.
The Investment Committee
The Investment Committee meets at all critical milestones of a transaction, including preliminary screening, allocation of resources, preliminary offers and final offers. Meetings are attended by all committee members, members of the transaction team and by any other interested Partner. Investment Committee decisions must be unanimous.
Members: Robin Hall, David Barker, Guy Davison, Simon Rowlands.
Portfolio Review Committee
The Portfolio Review Committee holds quarterly meetings on each portfolio company (or meets more frequently if necessary) to supplement the monitoring undertaken by the dedicated Cinven team that is responsible for each company. The committee has five main functions:
- To track the progress of each portfolio company against the strategic plan agreed between its management team and Cinven when the company was acquired;
- To facilitate sharing of best practice across the portfolio companies;
- To assess and approve realisation options and timing;
- To ensure that each portfolio company has the appropriate team at Cinven to meet its current needs;
- To monitor the tracking of portfolio company performance against banking obligations.
Members: Robin Hall, Andrew Joy, Nicolas Paulmier, Pascal Heberling, Peter Catterall.
See more information on our committee members and view the biographies of our full team.
