Case study
Driving M&A Growth Through Two Strategic C-Suite Hires
Care Sante partnered with Cedar during a high growth phase, requiring strengthened leadership to support integration and scale. We delivered targeted searches and refined the employer narrative to attract high calibre talent. Two C suite leaders were successfully appointed, enhancing operational and commercial capability.
Care Sante is a high-growth healthcare provider backed by private equity firm Vitry Enfants. Focused on domiciliary care, the business has grown rapidly through acquisition, with a clear ambition to scale and professionalise its leadership team.
Following several acquisitions, Care Sante was navigating the complexities of integration, operating model design, and functional leadership gaps, requiring new executive capability to support transformation and value creation.
As the business scaled, it became clear that leadership needed strengthening to manage integration and accelerate performance. To address these challenges, several key priorities emerged:
- Leadership Restructure: The newly appointed CEO sought to enhance the executive team with operational and commercial leadership.
- Post-Acquisition Integration: A series of acquisitions required centralised processes and unified ways of working.
- PE Reporting & Commercial Focus: Leaders needed to support value creation, drive standards of care, and engage with investor priorities.
- Employer Proposition: Positioning the opportunity credibly during change was key to engaging senior candidates.
Cedar was engaged to lead two concurrent C-suite searches during this pivotal growth phase. We partnered directly with the CEO and CFO to shape the brief, align stakeholder expectations, and lead a targeted search across the senior talent market.
- Strategic Search Delivery: Mapped the market and led search campaigns across critical leadership functions.
- Narrative Development: Refined the employer brand to position Care Sante’s growth story to top-tier candidates.
- Outcome-Led Process: Ensured alignment between leadership, investors, and prospective hires at every stage.
Cedar delivered two critical C-suite hires, enabling Care Sante to strengthen leadership and scale with confidence.
- COO Appointment: Placed a COO with multi-site healthcare to lead operational transformation.
- CCO Appointment: Delivered a CCO with a track record of developing new care services lines across new geographies.
- Executive Team Strengthened: Helped establish a best-in-class leadership team to drive value and future acquisition.
- Ongoing Partnership: Built a trusted relationship with the CEO and investors, supporting continued strategic hiring.