SectorPoint Advisors

Your network gives you two or three names.

The operators who can run a lower middle market services business are already running one. They are not on the market, and they are not in the first three names your network produces.Finding them takes targeted, sector-specific outreach to people who are not looking.

The firms who could help won't start until after close.

Retained search firms engage post-close. That leaves you sourcing the operator yourself during diligence, exactly when knowing the right leader exists should inform whether and how you do the deal.We work pre-close, so the operator question is part of the underwriting, not a scramble afterward.

Doing it yourself costs the time you do not have.

Sourcing a PE-caliber operator is its own workstream: mapping the sector, identifying who runs things well, and working people who are not looking toward a real conversation.Doing that internally, on a deal timeline while you underwrite and close, pulls you off the work only you can do.

1. Define the operator profile

We build a detailed picture of the leader the business needs, shaped by your thesis, the sector, the growth stage, and the specific problems the role has to solve. Not a job description. We can start during diligence, so the leadership question informs the deal.

2. Map the market and go direct

We identify the companies where the right operators are already working and reach out directly. No job postings, no waiting for applicants. Targeted, sector-specific outreach to people who are not looking.

3. Vet hard, present few (~90% filtered)

Every candidate is screened for P&L ownership, team leadership, sector relevance, and fit with a founder-built business under sponsor ownership. You see 3-5 qualified operators, not a stack of 50 resumes.

4. Support through hire

We manage candidate communication, interview prep, and offer negotiation through a signed offer. Retained or success-only terms with a 6-month replacement guarantee.

Private Equity Sponsors
Placing operators into new platforms, during diligence or at close, so the leadership question is answered before you commit.

Independent Sponsors & Searchers
Aligning the right operator before close so the deal has leadership from day one.

Portfolio Company CEOs
Building out the leadership bench with functional operators who fit the business and the plan.

Founders
Building professional leadership ahead of a sale, so the business runs without the founder before a buyer asks who does.

Davis Dardaman, Founder

The operator is what makes a lower middle market deal work, and it is the hardest part to get right. I spent my career on the buy-side of that problem: before founding SectorPoint, I led 150+ human capital and commercial diligence engagements across 15+ PE sponsors in industrials, commercial and business services, and healthcare services.I started SectorPoint to solve the operator question for sponsors directly, sourcing and placing the leaders their theses depend on, often before the deal even closes.

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