Human Equity

Selection of Human-Equity's Clients

client references

our clients

"Leadership agility is a primary indicator of success. Employing tools that help uncover this 'intangible' factor is a common sense way to optimise the chances for success. Critically, it allows investors to set up the right leadership combinations. Human-Equityoffers a targeted combination of services to do this and to develop leadership agility in promising individuals. ”

Martin Egan

Human resource factors represent some of the most critical investment parameters, yet investors have very diverse approaches to their HR due diligence. Human-Equity is dedicated to the needs of Venture and Private Equity investors, mergers and aquisitions, informing investment choices through management and organisational assessment metrics.

Venture Capital
Private Equity
Merger And Aquisition


Early-Stage: Develop, prove and establish	Mid-Stage Assessment. Growth, efficiency and life-cycles	Mid to Late-Stage Assessment. Match, integration, consolidation
Understanding management behaviour patterns, autonomy, capacity for adaptation and growth in fast changing environments. Tolerance of risk and ambiguities.	Management and organisational assessment. Accessing HR insights under time pressure, with restricted access to information. HR performance and efficiency assessments.	Valuations of management team and organisational culture. Compatibility of management values and styles. Modelling of integration scenarios.

Endorsements of past projects and our Associates

Post deal executive team assessment project: "Everything delivered to me in this report I could have found out myself over a period of 6 to 9 months working with the portfolio company. The advantage of having this process carried out by an expert external assessment team is that I now have that information within 6 days." Senior Investment Partner
“I worked with Nigel and was always impressed by his enormous drive and determination to drive efficiency and profitability into the business. He was hugely focused on current business issues but also recognised the need to keep an eye on the strategic plan to deliver longer-tem profitability. He can be recognised for turning Krohne around from an £8M turnover and loss-making business in 1998 to a £15M profitable company in 2006.” David Campbell, Finance Director, Krohne Ltd
“Nigel used his high-energy can do attititude and strategic perspective to turn Sifam from old industry to new and from losses to profits. Re engineering the organisation, investing in R&D and making stratgeic company acquistions along the way. Significant shareholder returns were created from a planned trade sale of Sifam's divisions.” John Tinson, Sales & Marketing Director, Sifam
"Nigel managed the Sales and Marketing Groups at Racal Instrumentation with great flair. Under his leadership the business started to develop what would later become world beating technology and products. The business was able to grow significantly based on the foundations that Nigel helped to establish." John Dixon, General Sales Manager, Racal Instruments
"A proven Chief Executive who understands business from both an operational and shareholder perspective. Nigel builds businesses that achieve long term success. More than a safe pair of hands, adds real value and is a hell of nice guy." Trevor Lee
Duncan was instrumental in developing our Analyst Relations practice across Europe - I rarely found someone who is both so profoundly competent in his profession and at the same time so effective in transfering such knowledge to others. Duncan can make things happen, and fast!” Gianni Catalfamo, Managing Partner, Brodeur ImageTime
“Duncan has keen analytical and interpersonal skills, which combine to enable him to produce insightful commentary on a wide range of issues. Duncan proactively seeks to develop opportunites, understanding and relationships, lacing a keen approach with good humour and an open handed approach to busines.” Stephen Wood, Lead Consultant, Ovum
“There are few people I know who have as immediate & intimidatingly acute a grasp of concepts & technologies - and who can identify and get to the root of potential issues so effectively. He is always willing to contribute and help ensure effective information sharing within teams with whom he works. His ideas are good and he is a valuable addition to any activity on which we have worked together.” Kim Polley, Communications, The AirMiles Travel Company
“Working with Duncan, one cannot help but admire the process driven logic and counsel that is evident - a result of his many years of experience in the business. A systematic and detailed thinker, Duncan offers tremendous value through his pro-active consulting in solving mid to long term challenges.” Kunalan Chakravarthy
“Duncan is unprejudiced in his approach and brings others into his sphere of expertise without pre-judging an individual’s potential to contribute and excel. He has the energy and enthusiasm to make you want to do well at your individual and team responsibilities – and the required degree of warmth and encouragement to uncover untapped levels of ability in employees of all levels.” Adrian Bridgwater
“Martin is a highly skilled and experienced professional who nevertheless manages to retain a very human touch and has a unique ability to understand what his clients are going through at the very moment he works with them, he manages to relate to them and yet not lose his professional observation and objectiveness in evaluation of best solutions to their problems. Imants von Wenden
"[My work with Martin] helped me to prepare tricky meetings efficiently. Mainly, though, it helped me to overcome the fear of difficult conversations." M. Suesskind, AXA

"We are trying to change the way we communicate in our own region and I have noticed that when I communicate with people in HQ who have done the programme it's easier to do so than with those who haven't." V. Kwo, AXA

"The work we have done together gives me strength and understanding on a level I could never have imagined. Martin's innovative approach leaves me a better and more complete person." Senior Executive, Addleshaw Goddard

"Martin is an excellent orator, making a very complex subject interesting and captivating. His expertise and manor captivates your imagination and provokes your thought process to analyse your own styles and management processes. Whether for an individual or team, his work would benefit all businesses. Highly motivating!" Mark B.