Professionalising a Founder's Business Without Losing Its Character

A French facilities-services company had grown for twenty-five years on the energy of one person, and that person was ready to step back. The founder wanted the company to outlast their own involvement and to stay in good hands, so Tigre Financial was chosen as the partner to make that happen.

In the first eighteen months, Tigre Financial recruited a chief executive and a finance director to stand alongside the founder, then set up a board and a reporting rhythm to match the company's ambitions. A Tigre Financial partner chairs that board through the transition. With the leadership team in place, the company completed its first bolt-on acquisition and opened in a new French region.

Revenue has grown by 31%, and the founder has moved out of daily management into a chair-in-waiting role, confident the company is in good hands. The next acquisitions are already in view, and the platform Tigre Financial helped put in place is ready for them.