PRE Advisers
Professional advisory support and operational leadership expertise for investment management firms, asset managers and family offices.
When you need someone that has seen a problem before, call us. If we do not have direct experience, we will know where to look and who to ask. No hierarchy. Just the right person, doing the right thing, at the right time — at the boardroom level when that's what's needed, or sleeves rolled up alongside your team when that's what works.
Explore our servicesLeadership
C-Suite
COO · CFO · CCO · NED on demand
Scope
Global
Complex cross-border mandates
Coverage
Full
Entity launch through wind-down
Focus
IM & FO
Investment managers & family offices
Every good outcome starts with an honest conversation. We sit down with you — whether that's a boardroom briefing or a working session around a laptop — and help you think clearly about what you're trying to achieve before a single commitment is made.
Good ideas get better with challenge. We bring the experience to stress-test your thinking, sharpen the model and spot the gaps — directly and without ceremony. We'd rather have the difficult conversation early than let a problem grow quietly.
We don't hand back a report and disappear. We stay in it — at whatever level the work demands. That might mean chairing a board, or it might mean working through a spreadsheet with your team at midnight before a critical deadline. Both matter equally to us.
Early action pays dividends.
PRE Advisers is a trusted partner from the very first conversation — at the boardroom level when that's required, or sleeves rolled up alongside your team when that's what works. We add greatest value before decisions are made, before structures are set, before complexity compounds. Institutional-quality C-suite and board-level leadership support on a retained or flexible contracting basis. Focused on investment management firms and family offices.
What We Do
The right expertise, at every level. We step in at C-suite or NED level — and are equally comfortable working directly within your team on the detail when that's what the job requires.
Operations
Operational leadership from strategy to day-to-day — embedded within your team at whatever level the work demands. Whether that means chairing operational reviews or sorting a process that isn't working, we're in it with you.
Finance
Senior financial leadership services across fund structures, management companies and complex entity structures — from investor-facing reporting and audit coordination down to the detail of getting the numbers right. We work at the level the situation needs, not the level that looks most impressive.
Compliance
Regulatory compliance leadership across multiple jurisdictions — in the detail alongside your team, not directing from above. We engage with regulators, build your frameworks and oversight programmes, and when something needs fixing quickly, we're there.
Governance
Genuine, constructive challenge at board level from practitioners who have sat on both sides of the table. We take the NED role seriously: providing real oversight, asking the questions that need to be asked and earning the confidence of your investors.
Advisory
From founding structure to complex valuation or capital raise — we work with you in lockstep. Early stage or established, we add greatest value when you bring us in before the big decisions are made.
Transactions
Global experience across fund launches, restructurings, secondary fund raises, co-invests and wind-downs. We manage the complexity so your team doesn't carry it alone — working at every level from strategic oversight to operational execution.
Who We Serve
We work with a deliberately focused range of clients — which means when you call us, you're talking to someone who already understands your world. No lengthy briefing process.
"We're not here to look good on a slide. We're here to make sure things actually work — at whatever level that takes."
Global Reach
Multi-Jurisdiction
Complex cross-border transaction experience
Entity Lifecycle
One of PRE Advisers' core differentiators is our capability to support founders and management teams at every stage of the entity and investment lifecycle — ideally from the very first conversation.
Entity Formation
Structuring, jurisdiction selection, regulatory registration, governance frameworks.
Launch & Capital Raise
Operational readiness, investor due diligence support, documentation, first close.
Operations & Growth
Ongoing COO, CFO and CCO services, scaling infrastructure, compliance oversight.
Restructuring & Transactions
Complex transaction execution, secondary processes, valuation and restructuring support.
Fund Liquidation
Managed wind-down, investor reporting, regulatory deregistration, entity closure.
Our Approach
Talk to us first
The earlier you involve us the better. We'll quickly understand what you need and be honest about whether and how we can help.
We work at your level
Some engagements need C-suite presence. Others need someone to sit with your team and work through a problem. We're equally comfortable in both.
No unnecessary formality
We're professional, not stiff. You'll get straight answers, direct feedback and genuine engagement — not carefully managed consulting-speak. If something isn't working, we'll say so and collaborate to find pragmatic solutions.
Global, but personal
Our experience is international and our networks broad — but every engagement is led personally by someone who understands your business.
"White glove where it counts. Sleeves rolled up when it matters."
The person you speak to is the person doing the work — comfortable whether presenting to a board, negotiating with a regulator, or sitting with your ops team to get something across the line.
Get In Touch
No pitch decks. No lengthy intake process. Just an honest conversation about what you're working on, whether we're the right fit and is now the right time to help.
Location
London, United Kingdom
Engagements
UK · Europe · International
PRE Advisers — Initial Enquiry
Confidential · Session only