Virtual Information Session: Private Equity View on Board Performance
Beschreibung
How Private Equity Drives Board Performance and Value Creation
What distinguishes high-performing boards in Private Equity-backed companies? How do investors assess leadership teams, create accountability, and accelerate value creation?
Join Professor Lutz Johanning and WHU Senior Fellow Jörn Nikolay for an interactive virtual session exploring how Private Equity firms work with boards and management teams to drive performance throughout the investment lifecycle.
Drawing on extensive experience in Private Equity investing, governance, and executive leadership, the speakers will share practical insights into the mechanisms that shape board effectiveness in high-growth and transformation environments.
Topics Covered
- Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs): structure, governance implications, and typical investment timeline
- Private Equity's approach to value creation: key drivers, strategic roadmaps, and performance KPIs
- How Private Equity firms assess, develop, and strengthen leadership teams
- The role of boards in supporting growth, transformation, and value realization
- Lessons for board members seeking to increase their impact and effectiveness
Speakers
Professor Lutz Johanning
Professor of Empirical Capital Market Research at WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management. His research and teaching focus on capital markets, asset management, alternative investments, and Private Equity.
Jörn Nikolay
WHU Senior Fellow and Partner at BPC. Jörn advises companies, investors, and boards on value creation, performance improvement, and strategic transformation. He brings extensive experience from Private Equity-backed businesses and board environments.
About the Program
This session is linked to the High Performance Board Member Program, jointly offered by WHU and IESE Business School.
Participants in the program learn how to:
- Strengthen board effectiveness and governance practices
- Build productive board-management relationships
- Improve strategic oversight and decision-making
- Use governance as an early warning system
- Lead organizations through disruption and transformation
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