Private equity value creation services

Our hands-on value creation leaders work at pace to help PE companies and sponsors deliver their investment case by accelerating cash and profit improvements from ideation to results.

The team

Photographic portrait of Andrew Wollaston
Andrew Wollaston
EY Global Transactions Private Equity Leader
Photographic portrait of Dr. Dierk Buss
Dr. Dierk Buss
EY Germany Value Creation Services Leader
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Jon Slatkin
EY-Parthenon Partner, Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP

What EY private equity value creation services can do for you

With high valuations, record levels of dry powder and enhanced competition, PE firms increasingly must be able to identify and deliver operational improvements to achieve targeted returns.

We prioritize our involvement to focus on situations we know best: complex carve-outs, functional transformations and instances of stress/distress. Whatever the situation, we connect learnings from our Strategy and Transactions when delivering the value case.

We use embedded data and analytics at each stage of the process to accelerate our analysis, to help you set in motion the right strategy, improve operating performance, enable growth, and optimize the exit. Our integrated teams focus to keep management on side without compromising speed or sacrificing the size of the prize.

What questions we can answer for you?
  • From origination to exit, how much value can be unlocked?
  • How do you use analytics to uncover hidden value enhancement opportunities?
  • How can you translate diligence insights into viable transformation plans?
  • How do you optimize the pace and quantum of delivery while keeping management and sponsors on side?

The team

Andrew Wollaston

EY Global Transactions Private Equity Leader
Seasoned financial advisor and restructuring professional who has been with EY for over 30 years. Proud father of three. Poor golfer. Lover of animals and the outdoors. Interested in family history.
London, United Kingdom

Dr. Dierk Buss

EY Germany Value Creation Services Leader
Seasoned in driving complex corporate transformation and performance improvements both as interim manager and senior advisor.
Munich, Germany

Jon Slatkin

EY-Parthenon Partner, Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP
Results-oriented transformation leader. Former CEO. Loves a good crisis to turn around. Ready to roll up sleeves for the right cause – whether at work with a client or at home with two young sons.
London, United Kingdom

Fredrik Bürger

EY Global Value Creation Co-leader; EY-Parthenon Global Private Equity Value Creation Leader
Trusted advisor for private equity firms. Advocate for helping vulnerable people stay happy, healthy and independent.
London, United Kingdom

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