Will Harman

Unless you're operating a large scale — with sophisticated procurement engines — most firms are under leveraging their ecosystems, representing significant untapped savings and operational efficiency. Hear how you can can modernise vendor management, move from ad hoc engagements to firm level strategy, and ensure value flows across all portfolio companies.

• Why most mid market PE firms underutilise their vendor ecosystem — and what this costs them

• Moving from portfolio by portfolio vendor decisions to firm wide procurement strategy

• Building a vendor stack that truly serves the operating model

• How large funds' procurement discipline saves hundreds of millions — and how mid market funds can replicate this at their scale

Does private equity create more value by empowering management autonomy or by enforcing operational mandate? Do PE timelines inherently conflict with long-term company health? Can management team activate value creation without operating partners?

In this brand-new big debate format, we will openly debate some of these most contentious topics between PE and Portco management teams to get further clarity on the dynamics for value creation.