A digital gathering with top Country Heads of PE in Mexico.

Energy investors are nervous about the future of their firms—and careers. Here’s how can they position themselves for a transition.

Joining a private equity board has its upsides, but it’s not for everyone: this type of board service also carries plenty of risk. What should potential PE directors know before accepting a role?

The role of CFO in PE-backed companies continues to evolve from accountant to business leader. A group of PE CFOs joined to discuss the biggest challenges facing their success today.

How private equity needs to assess potential chief executive officers and chief financial officers.

As the first generation of middle-market private equity leaders nears retirement, many firms are struggling with how to move forward with succession planning, even when faced with increasing pressure from their limited partners.

Today, many private equity firms looking to grow their portfolios are running into new pressures in the form of expansion and investor demands.

At the Forbes Leadership Forum on Private Equity, Charles Gray, co-leader of Egon Zehnder’s US Diversity Practice with a special focus on Private Equity, recently contributed to the discussion on diversity, arguing that while Private Equity does not have the best record on diverse hiring, it does have a type of “evergreen hiring” that we can all learn from: Building great talent pipelines by forging strong relationships with promising candidates – before they’re even candidates.

With attacks from financial activists on the rise, companies are starting to beef up their boards with experienced experts, reports the Swiss daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Both major concerns and smaller, family-run firms in Switzerland have launched board-level recruitment drives over the last 6 months, confirms Philippe Hertig, partner at Egon Zehnder in Zurich.

Claude Shaw interviews Matt Levine for The Conference Board in 2016 discussing the approach to corporate governance, the role of independent directors on EQT portfolio company boards, as well as how EQT leverages its industrial advisor network to populate its boards with independent and seasoned business leaders.