Human Capital · M&A · Leadership & Executive Advisory · Board Services
Global leadership advisory for enterprises, financial institutions, private equity, and professional services firms, protecting strategy and value through the leadership layer, from pre-close diligence to exit.
Our Expertise
When leadership decides value.
Leadership Due Diligence
Pre-deal and pre-merger assessment of management teams, key-person dependency, and retention risk.
Executive Assessment & Succession
Individual leadership assessment, development planning, and succession slates for CEOs and C-suite leaders.
Transition & Integration
Support for new executives and newly promoted partners through their first 90 to 180 days.
Post-Merger & Carve-Out Leadership
Leadership stabilization through mergers, acquisitions, separations, and restructuring.
Board & Leadership Advisory
Board and leadership advisory on org design, talent, decision rights, and governance.
Leadership Operating System Design
Structural accountability frameworks and operating cadence that translate strategy into leadership execution.
Who We Serve & Verified Track Record
Enterprises & Fortune organizations · Hypergrowth companies · Investment & private banking · Private equity & sponsors · Professional services (consulting, law) · Search firms & leadership advisories · M&A & restructuring firms
advisory hours
senior leaders
organizations
industries
countries
languages
structured 1:1 engagements
client retention since 2017
engagement depth in first 90 days
client NPS
leadership retention through cross-border transformation
executive failure in first 18 months
fewer decision escalations in 90 days
EBITDA-equivalent cost avoidance
OKR/KPI alignment
hrs/week strategic capacity released per executive
faster 100-day execution
lift in cross-border execution
119 organizations: 10 Fortune 100 · 21 Fortune 500 · 6 Fortune 1000 · 8 Professional Services Giants · 3 Private Equity & Investment Firms · 5 large family-owned/private conglomerates.
Sponsor-backed assets (leaders advised)
Genesys (Hellman & Friedman / Permira) · Infoblox (Vista Equity / Warburg Pincus) · Mimecast (Permira) · Sitecore (EQT) · Howden Group Holdings (General Atlantic) · 4G Clinical (Goldman Sachs Asset Management) · Worldwide Clinical Trials · DS Smith
Leaders advised at Global Enterprises
LEGO Group, Maersk, Rolls-Royce, IBM, Disney, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, Salesforce, Accenture, EY, Freshfields, Novo Nordisk, Roche, Sanofi, Takeda, Bayer, Moderna, Caterpillar, Mars, AB InBev, LVMH, American Express, Visa, PayPal, BlackRock, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Wells Fargo, Airbnb, total 119 organizations.
Selected cases
- Magic Circle law firm (6,000+ staff): partner-to-owner transition for Counsel and Senior Partners
- Fortune 500 manufacturer: senior leadership and team retention stabilised through a high-stakes merger
- Fortune 500 professional services (400,000 employees): multi-year advisory for newly promoted partners and MDs
- Fortune 500 CFO integration: CFO transition de-risked in the first 90 days
- Global technology platform: 3-year retained advisory across 50+ senior leaders
Leadership
Irene Nedelitsky, PCC
Founder, CEO & Principal Managing Director
Irene founded Own Your Excellence Advisory as an independent human capital advisor and fractional operating partner for private equity sponsors, search firms, M&A advisories, and boards. Her work protects deal thesis and EBITDA through the leadership layer, from pre-close diligence to exit. She has delivered 3,200+ hours of one-to-one advisory with senior leaders across 119 enterprises, including eight sponsor-backed assets.
ICF PCC · Advisory across 45+ countries · Hogan, Leadership Circle, 360, CliftonStrengths, DISC, MBTI · MSc, First Class Honours · Fluent in English, Slovak, Czech, Serbian, Croatian; working Spanish, Japanese, German, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish
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Every engagement begins with a confidential conversation. Tell us where leadership is shaping your next outcome, and we will respond within one business day.
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