The Architect
Eliza is a firm believer that success is achieved through the relentless pursuit of growth, perspective, and experiences – as applicable in executive search and leadership development as in personal endeavours. Eliza approaches both challenge and opportunities with proactivity, pragmatism, and dedication. She’s driven by collaboration and ideas exchange. Recognizing that skipping steps rarely drives the best outcome, she paves the way to excellence by combining creative strategy with diligent execution across every phase.
Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Benjamin Franklin
Eliza is a Partner at the firm and a key member of the firm’s Private Equity, Consumer and Healthcare practices. Her focus is on partnering with leading private equity firms and portfolio companies in assessing and building executive management teams and boards. She brings over a decade of experience delivering international investor-backed C-Suite and Board search mandates across the deal cycle, with a committed focus on driving performance, transformation, and growth.
Eliza joined Acertitude as a principal in 2023. Previously, she was the consumer and CHC lead for Korn Ferry’s Private Equity practice in EMEA, where she led board and C-suite searches for mid- and large-cap private equity funds, lender syndicates, and pension funds. Eliza was previously a principal at Skillcapital, a specialist private equity focused executive search and deal support firm, leading pan-European mandates across the Consumer sector and pre- and post-deal projects spanning talent benchmarking, deal diligence, buy-in management, and M&A pipeline strategy.
Her expertise spans senior appointments across CHC, Luxury, Healthcare Services, CPG, Travel, Leisure & Hospitality, Education, Food & Beverage, Apparel, and Multi-site Services. Eliza’s strong command of the investor landscape, paired with her ability to identify and attract transformational leaders, has made her a trusted partner to clients navigating critical phases of change.
Eliza is certified in the Hogan psychometric tools HPI, HDS and MVPI. She holds a BSc (Hons.) 1st in Economics from the University of Sheffield. Eliza has a passion for travel and cultural exploration, cultivated from a childhood spent living in various countries across EMEA. Based in London, her weekends are best spent travelling with her husband, exploring new cities, activities and, very importantly, restaurants! A foodie and hostess at heart, Eliza can be found in her spare time cooking and gathering with friends and family.
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