Simon Villata

The Lancer Group is a leading retained executive search firm that is trusted by private equity firms, their portfolio companies and public corporations to deliver high-impact leaders. The firm specializes in board-driven search mandates including CEOs, CFOs, C-suite executives and board directors as well as private equity investment professionals and operating partners. The Lancer Group has provided strategic counsel to clients across a range of industries and has particular expertise in technology and technology enabled business services. With relationships with many of the top 100 private equity firms, Lancer Group also provides a range of pre-deal private equity advisory services beyond traditional executive search. These services include deal origination, diligence support and introductions to “backable” executives. Founded in 1998, The Lancer Group is privately held and operates from three offices: New York, San Diego, and Sydney. For more information, please visit: The Lancer Group (www.thelancergroup.com). About Lancer Value Creation Services As part of our focus on serving Private Equity clients beyond traditional executive search, we created Lancer Value Creation Services ("LVCS"​) where we partner with PE firms during their pre-deal diligence and sourcing activities. We leverage our executive network of high-caliber, PE-experienced operators and executives to help firms expand their network of diligence experts, source deals in specific markets, conduct custom diligence, and ultimately help get quality investments across the finish line in a hypercompetitive PE landscape.