Cinven's specialist Portfolio team helps our portfolio companies to grow and increase their efficiency, working alongside our board representatives. The firm's Portfolio Review Committee (PRC) considers how best to deploy the team and monitors progress against agreed objectives.  The team is involved in the 100-day review process following an acquisition and also works across our current portfolio, wherever the PRC determines that there is an opportunity for the team to add value.

Members of the Portfolio team, based in our London and Hong Kong offices work with our portfolio companies to help them take advantage of the growth opportunities in emerging markets in Europe and Asia. By using their knowledge and contacts, they can help our European companies to reap the benefits of Asia's development through strategies such as low-cost sourcing and new market entry. This approach differentiates Cinven from competitors whose funds invest directly in Asia.

The Portfolio team's work includes: 

• revenue growth initiatives: increasing revenues by helping our companies establish themselves in international markets, including Asian markets;
• operational optimisation initiatives: increasing efficiency and reducing costs, thereby boosting profit margins;
• sharing best practice: cross-portfolio sourcing initiatives, the sharing of knowledge around common commercial practices and the identification and use of consultants; and
• new investment opportunities: using our emerging markets expertise to create a strategic road map for new portfolio companies that we can act on from the outset, helping to position Cinven as a partner of choice, and building operational optimisation into the investment strategy from the beginning.