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Based on insights from more than 420 private equity and portfolio company leaders, our 11th Annual Private Equity Leadership Survey’s findings point to a clear shift. Superior returns increasingly depend on deliberate alignment, leadership stability, and disciplined talent practices that hold from deal close through exit. Read more from four of our experts below as they share what they are seeing on the front lines. From the alignment gap to AI conviction to leadership risk, learn how to drive success, not the divide. Read the highlights and download the full report: https://lnkd.in/euEEhRWX

This Earth Month, we’re showcasing how sustainability shows up at AlixPartners through our people, our partnerships, our offerings, and our footprint. Throughout April we’ll share stories and updates across these four pillars—highlighting the actions we’re taking, the results we’re seeing, and the lessons we’re learning as we keep raising the bar on environmental stewardship. Kicking us off is Amy Longhi, our Global Services Real Estate & Facilities Director of APAC and the Americas. She helps drive workplace sustainability every day through her work, but takes things a few steps further. In addition to carpooling to the office with colleagues, Amy collects organic waste from our Southfield office and repurposes it on her personal hobby farm. The newly integrated program diverts food waste from landfills and introduces a more circular approach to the firm's organic resources. Here's Amy's story:

AlixPartners' Narry Singh recently spoke with Omar Haroun, founder of Eudia, on what it really takes to disrupt one of the world’s most change-resistant professions. Their conversation is available as part of our new podcast, "When David Met Goliath," a series exploring the various approaches to solving today’s most pressing business issues. Listen to the full discussion and catch up on the previous episode here: https://lnkd.in/eZxFG3aJ

What does a “second wind” look like after nearly 30 years with the firm? For boomerang employee Peter Saville, it meant returning to AlixPartners to open our first Australian office in Sydney. After stepping away for a brief retirement, Peter came back to help build something new—bringing deep experience, trusted relationships, and a clear focus on doing things the right way from day one. From reconnecting with alumni to setting the standard for our 27th global office, Peter’s journey illustrates how alumni connections and expertise continue to shape where the firm goes next. Read Peter’s story here: https://lnkd.in/enrRy3XA

How do businesses of today respond to the challenges of a disrupted world? Our new podcast series, “When David Met Goliath”, featuring Co-Head of Partnerships and Platforms at AlixPartners Narry Singh and leaders from established global giants and market-disrupting start-ups, explores what we can learn from each other's approaches to solving burning business issues. The first episode, “Why lawyers who ignore AI risk becoming dinosaurs”, with Coherent’s Rob Beard is available now. Hear the full conversation: https://lnkd.in/e2jkMA84

AlixPartners Co-CEO David Garfield, Executive Chairman Simon Freakley, Chief AI Officer Hoyoung Pak, Americas Co-Lead, Private Equity Jason McDannold, and Yale Kwon a Partner in our PE practice, are featured in the latest Harvard Business Review special issue on strategies for growth. Their articles — “Why Some Companies Grow Amid Uncertainty—and Why Some Don’t” and “To Accelerate Growth, Analyze Your Company Like an Investor” — explore how companies can drive durable growth even amid global disruption. Find the full magazine here: https://lnkd.in/eGdaVtq4

This International Women’s Day we’re proud to spotlight members of our Women's Empowerment Matters (WEM) Employee Resource Group (ERG) who were nominated by their peers for the way they lead, give, and create impact across our firm. Testaments of this year’s theme, Give to Gain, each colleague has shown a commitment to investing in others and building an inclusive culture that empowers everyone. As co-leaders of WEM Buenos Aires, Martina Moser and Maia Fossati are known for their leadership and advocacy. Through initiatives like ‘Lado B’ and other WEM events, they have created trusted spaces to share career paths, personal challenges, and experiences in the consulting industry. Additionally, the duo helped introduce a new family‑planning benefit at AlixPartners Argentina that provides employees with 100% coverage of fertility treatments up to $10,000. Since joining the firm in 2024, Angel Eeles has been an active member of WEM Hong Kong. But after having her first child, she was nervous that her career progression would slow down. Instead, Angel’s experienced the opposite. Since returning from maternity leave colleagues and mentors have continued to invest in Angel, trust her strengths, and have created space for both her professional and personal lives to thrive. Julia Karwath believes that openness, communication, and sponsorship build resilient and successful teams that benefit our clients as well as personal growth. As a local leader in the DACH region, Julia’s appreciative of her WEM community and credits the ERG for strengthening her confidence to lead authentically in a high-pressure, high-performance environment like Turnaround and Restructuring. Is there an AlixPartners colleague you’d like to spotlight this International Women’s Day? Share their name in the comments below!

For decades, Thomas A. Stewart has been studying disruption: the proverbial train about to come through the building. “It’s the new business driver,” says the former editor-in-chief of Harvard Business Review, “these things that come out of left field.” His work as co-author of the AlixPartners Disruption Index has allowed him to track the heroes of the disruptive age—the executives who have gotten comfortable with uncertainty. That strain of agility has served Tom himself through three careers: magazine editor (and Fortune columnist), book publisher, and thought leader. His first official day as a full-time Director within Marketing at AlixPartners was two days after his 76th birthday. Want to think like Tom? His book recs for executives are: Shakespeare's history plays (for leadership), Machiavelli’s The Prince (for strategy), and the epistles of St. Paul (for mission, vision, values, and how an entrepreneur can scale a multinational organization). Read more of his story here: https://lnkd.in/ecS9c_qZ

Disruption is no longer episodic; it’s the economic driver. The past few weeks alone have underscored how quickly conditions can shift and how disruption now defines business: AI doomsday visions, tariff whipsawing, supply chain shocks, geopolitical conflict, energy spikes, and persistent uncertainty have rattled global business and markets. In this environment, flexibility isn’t optional. The AlixPartners Disruption Index shows that top-performing companies aren’t reacting to volatility; they’ve structured their business models around it. They move decisively, adjust strategically, and treat uncertainty as a constant rather than an exception. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/eQXz3saJ

The dystopian AI vision that rocked the business world and markets this week is a reminder that the future of AI is still being shaped in real time—and that single perspectives can rapidly influence global perception. In today’s increasingly complex environment, how can leaders move beyond AI experimentation towards responsible, scalable AI adoption, while ensuring that development serves society’s long-term interests and aligns with shared human values? AlixPartners Co-CEO Rob Hornby recently addressed this question, among others, in a World Economic Forum panel moderated by Thorold Barker, alongside Exponential View Founder Azeem Azhar, Anthropic’s Head of Beneficial Deployments Elizabeth Kelly, and former DarkTrace CEO Jill Popelka. Watch the full panel discussion here: https://lnkd.in/eN8bms4B