Philip Leads our Portfolio practice which specialises in placing C-Suite and Senior Manager level companies into PE-backed corporates on a Pan- European basis. The team's core disciplines include CFO search, Financial team build-out/design and Corporate Development/M&A. Having partnered with several large-cap buyout funds through to small-cap growth investors, in building out finance and strategy teams, Philip has become the head-hunter of choice for portfolio businesses looking to scale upon acquisition or before an exit or IPO. Originally from St Andrews, Philip attended the Madras College school before reading Law and English at the University of Aberdeen. Before joining Altus Partners, Philip spent four years working for a FTSE 250 listed Executive Search firm within the groups CFO practice. Philip is currently a Director at Altus Partners and sits on the businesses senior leadership team.