Everything is fundable. Not everything is deliverable.
Portman Partners advises investors, operators and boards on the decisions capital cannot solve: whether the strategic plan is deliverable, whether the board has the right capabilities for what comes next, whether the team can make it work and whether the stakeholders will be on side.
The industry solved for capital. Then for power.
Now social licence to operate is under scrutiny; and it's a deal breaker.
The constraint has moved again and this one does not respond to money.
of US registered voters now oppose a data centre in their area, up from 42% twelve months earlier.1
of corporate acquirers include human capital in their targeting strategy. 91% call it a value driver.2
of large projects come in on budget, on time and deliver promised benefits.3
How We Help
Each service can be bought on its own. Clients start with one and find it surfaces the next.
A stakeholder review reveals nobody owns community consent, a board evaluation reveals a thinner executive bench than the plan assumes, and an acquisition strategy that fails cultural due diligence.
Asking the right questions is critical to constructing the right strategy.
Strategic insight & analysis
“Can this organisation actually deliver this plan?”
Market and location strategy, delivery-model review, operating model and organisation design review for the next phase of scale and an honest read on which assumptions in the model are carried by people you do not yet employ.
Stakeholder analysis & engagement planning
“Who can stop this, and in what order should we meet them and their objections?”
We support your team to generate a map of every party with the power to delay or end a project — utilities, regulators, elected officials, communities, tenants, lenders.
We’ll help you surface the sequence in which to mitigate risk and limit stakeholder objection.
Board evaluation & composition analysis
“Is this the board the next phase needs?”
Externally facilitated, regular board performance reviews, individual director capability assessment, a capability and impact matrix built against where the business is going rather than where it has been, and a composition or development plan with a sequence and a timetable aligned to strategy.
Leader & culture due diligence
“Can this team deliver this plan?”
Pre-close assessment of a target’s senior team including capability, capacity for impact and alignment with post-merger organisational strategy.
We’ll provide you with a ready alternative for every seat we flag as a flight or capability risk.
You can buy power. You can raise capital.
You cannot buy back the eighteen months lost to a board or senior leadership team that could not see what was coming, or a stakeholder that leveraged missed messaging at the 11th hour.
Talk with us about how we can help.
