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Alex Rawlings · Business

The Private Equity Podcast, by Raw Selection

Hosted by Alex Rawlings, Managing Partner of Raw Selection, a specialist executive search firm. Join us as we interview the leading experts in Private Equity, unlocking their secrets of success to share with you. Discover how some of the top Private Equity professionals got into Private Equity, how they rose to success and learn about some of the mistakes they made along the way. Alex has strong connections to the Private Equity industry through his executive search firm, Raw Selection, which specialises in working with Private Equity firms and their portfolio companies across Europe and North America. Alex is straight talking and to the point and aims to unlock real gold you can build into your firm or portfolio companies. Find out more at www.raw-selection.com

Episodes

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The Investment and Value Creation Strategy Behind Ara Partners

27 Oct 2026
23m
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How Private Equity Knows When Management Needs to Change

20 Oct 2026
25m
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Private equity firms often struggle to align talent with value creation, frequently defaulting to replacing leadership when performance falters. Instead of testing the most expensive hypothesis—the person in the seat—firms should first diagnose the underlying operating system to determine if execution failures stem fro...

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What’s Next for the Middle Market? AI, Succession & Private Equity

13 Oct 2026
28m
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EY Insights Private Equity Exit Readiness: How to Maximise Valuation Before the Sale

06 Oct 2026
15m
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Why PE-Backed Go-to-Market Strategies Fail: Talent, CRM, AI and Execution

29 Sep 2026
24m
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Building the Finance Function in a Private Equity firm

22 Sep 2026
13m
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From Founder-Led to Exit-Ready: How CEOs Build Buy-In, Grow EBITDA and Deliver Successful Exits

15 Sep 2026
17m
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9 PE-Backed Exits and 20+ Add-on Acquisitions: What Winning Private Equity CEOs Get Right

08 Sep 2026
36m
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Mentored by a Billionaire: How to Invest, Create Value and Exit at the Right Time

01 Sep 2026
29m
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BC Partners’ Former CIO: When to Sell, What Creates Value and Where Private Equity Goes Next

25 Aug 2026
47m
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The REAL Cost of Fear, Ego and Slow Decisions in Private Equity

18 Aug 2026
27m
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How Private Equity Firms Can Build a Scalable Go-to-Market Engine

11 Aug 2026
28m
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Secondaries Are No Longer a Liquidity Tool. They’re a Private Equity Strategy with Adrian Siew, Rothschild & Co

04 Aug 2026
16m
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How a PE-Backed CRO Drove 4x Revenue Growth

28 Jul 2026
21m
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Building Professional Services Firms for Growth: Private Equity, Acquisitions and AI

21 Jul 2026
29m
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Private Equity, Professional Services and the AI Shift

14 Jul 2026
19m
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How Private Equity Is Investing in Founder-Led Software Businesses

07 Jul 2026
24m
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Insights into the Private Equity Lower-Middle Market

30 Jun 2026
29m
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Building Value Through Carve-Outs, Operational Transformation and AI

23 Jun 2026
26m
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$465M Exit and how to get to the top 5% in US Buyouts

16 Jun 2026
32m
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