Chief Executive Officer
Permanent CEO mandates with full P&L ownership across European scale-ups, restructurings, and platform builds.
What the role looks like
Full P&L ownership, board accountability, and direct responsibility for strategy, organisation, and execution. Mandates considered with founders, sponsors, and chairs where the brief is clear and the structure supports decisive action.
Where I add the most value
- Companies between fifty and five hundred million in revenue
- Scale-up phases that need an operating system, not only a strategy
- Restructurings that require honest decisions in the first ninety days
- Platform builds that consolidate fragmented markets
How I engage
- Direct conversation with chair or sponsor first
- Ninety-day diagnostic plan before commitment
- Compensation aligned to outcomes, not optics
- Clear exit terms agreed upfront
What I will not do
- Roles where the previous CEO has not actually left
- Boards that confuse oversight with operations
- Mandates structured to fail politically
https://niklaslindahl.com/roles/ceo