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Valtus Group Partners With Polaris Private Equity As Majority Investor To Build A Global Leader

17 Feb 2026 / News & PR
Valtus today announces a strategic partnership with Polaris, a leading Nordic private equity fund, which will become the group’s majority investor. Together with Valtus’s existing shareholders and management, Polaris will support and accelerate the group’s next phase of international growth to become a worldwide leader. Present in nearly 30 countries across 4 continents, with 10 European subsidiaries, [...]

Interim Management: Why Businesses Fail. It’s a Man Thing.

10 Feb 2026 / Insights
Before a business hits real trouble, the signs are often there. A key leader leaves unexpectedly. A reliable customer becomes more difficult to close. Decisions take longer. Meetings become more about herding cats than creating direction. Something smells. However, too often, nothing happens at this point. Only later, when the proverbial has really hit the [...]

How Interim CEO Leadership Rapidly Stabilised a State-Owned Services Provider

29 Aug 2025 / Case Studies
The challenge: Our client, a prominent state-owned services provider, had hit a difficult period. One large division had been underperforming for some time, creating financial strain and operational pressure. The leadership team needed support that would steady the business and turn performance around at pace. Our solution: Valtus drew on its network and experience in [...]

Bridging Borders and Boardrooms: An Interview with Fabienne Viala

28 Jul 2025 / Insights

With more than 30 years’ experience in the construction sector, Fabienne Viala has delivered major public and private projects across the UK and France. In building a career defined by high-stakes leadership roles in complex environments, her unique perspective on resilience, representation, and strategic leadership, offers invaluable insight for women advancing in senior positions across […]

Interim Management: The Assault on Magical Thinking

16 Jul 2025 / Insights

I was chatting with an experienced Interim CFO recently, and I asked her about the most common issue she encounters when turning around businesses. To be fair, it wasn’t my most original question, and I expected something predictable: “Underperforming teams.” “Weak financial controls.” “Poor cash management.” Instead, she surprised me: “Steve, the one thing every […]

Interim Management: 30 Years Ahead Of The Curve

26 Jun 2025 / Insights

There are many growing trends on LinkedIn: humble bragging, middle class parents trying to find internships for their little darlings, political polemic – the list goes on. IMHO, most of it is a million miles from what LinkedIn is for, but hey, it’s a user-generated platform so people can do what they want with it. […]

Interim Management: Facing into the Challenge of UK Infrastructure

03 Apr 2025 / Insights

The UK’s failing infrastructure is a hot topic in the media, a source of frustration for the population and a significant challenge for the UK government. The picture is extremely mixed. Read the press one day and its possible to get an extremely positive view. New runways, the green lighting of the Lower Thames Crossing, […]

3 questions to ask yourself before becoming an interim manager

19 Mar 2024 / Insights

By Steve Rutherford, Partner The majority of Interim Managers I work with on assignments have long track records in the delivery of projects. This is partly market driven – our clients prefer it – and partly out of my own personal preference. When entrusted with a client’s ‘problem to solve’, it is reassuring for me […]

Interim Management: The case for performance based bonuses

29 Feb 2024 / Insights

Why is it that performance related bonuses are not common in the interim management market? It certainly isn’t because interim managers don’t want their performance assessed. It also isn’t So, is it the clients? Our partner, Steve Rutherford, just doesn’t buy it. Read more…

Discussing the Future of Work

09 Jun 2023 / Insights

The Remote Working Hype – some less explored aspects? The discussion around remote working has gained significant attention recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many organisations to adopt remote work policies where possible. It is not a new concept, but the pandemic has accelerated its adoption and many people are discussing its potential […]

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Valtus Group Launches Valtus Alliance

15 May 2023 / News & PR

The world events of recent years have led to accelerated change in the business world. It is in this climate that Valtus Group launches Valtus AllianceTM, a worldwide network of leading executive interim management companies. The alliance works together with common standards of excellence, to deliver bespoke solutions internationally. It creates a global network of executive interim managers capable of providing fast, effective solutions to complex issues.

Is sustainability a fad?

16 Dec 2022 / Insights

As consumers become more aware of the environmental and social impacts of their purchasing decisions, they are intensifying pressure on businesses to consider the full lifecycle of their products and services, from the sourcing of raw materials to the disposal or recycling of waste, and to mitigate any damaging effects of doing business.

When choosing a business to buy from, customers are increasingly paying attention to the company’s support of social and environmental causes. For example, many consumers now seek out businesses that use recycled or sustainable materials, support fair trade practices, or give back to the community in some way.

IT. The no. 1 headache for CEOs

01 Nov 2022 / Insights

Implementing technology is not just about keeping up with the competition. It’s about staying ahead of them.

To achieve this, CEOs must be willing to take risks and push for change within their organisations. Most CEOs recognise that to maintain a competitive edge, they must continually adapt and evolve. Some CEOs, however, are stuck in the mindset that IT is just a necessary cost and not a key driver of success.

How to mobilise collective performance in extraordinary situations

08 Aug 2021 / Insights

Summary How do we define an extraordinary situation? How do we recognize an exceptional manager? Prepare for the Unexpected D-Day: The War Room D-Day: In the Field “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty.”– Winston Churchill 1. How to define an extraordinary situation? An extraordinary situation is by […]

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