Episode 98: Riccardo Basile of Permira on
How to Focus Your Operating Team for Real Impact
On this episode
Riccardo Basile, Operating Partner, Head of Value Creation at Permira, shares how firms can turn value creation into a true competitive advantage—without overcomplicating the model. Drawing on his experience building and scaling Permira’s 24-person value creation team, Riccardo breaks down what it takes to embed operating excellence from diligence through exit, and how to focus resources where they actually drive growth.
Tune in to learn how to balance in-house and external expertise, measure impact credibly for LPs, and make emerging tools like GenAI deliver commercial results today. Whether you’re refining your operating model or building one from scratch, Riccardo’s perspective offers a playbook for making value creation more strategic, measurable and fund-defining.
The information contained in this podcast is not intended to constitute, and should not be construed as, investment advice.
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