First Point Partners

First Point Partners is a retained executive search firm focused on private capital funds and their portfolio companies across Central and Eastern Europe and selected international markets. The company places investment professionals and senior operators in roles where judgement, leadership and execution directly affect performance. First Point Partners advises across both fund-level and portfolio-level leadership, partnering with investors, corporate development teams and portfolio companies across the private capital landscape to deliver actionable leadership recommendations built on clear mandates, deep market insight and rigorous execution.

The company specialises in three core sectors: private equity, investment banking and advisory, and portfolio and growth companies. Within private equity, First Point Partners works with funds across investment, investor relations and origination functions, supporting clients in building high-performing teams aligned with their investment approach across mid-market to large-cap strategies. In investment banking and advisory, the company engages talent across M&A and capital markets platforms, accessing candidates with strong technical backgrounds and transaction experience relevant to private equity environments. For portfolio and growth companies, First Point Partners supports private equity-backed businesses across growth, transformation and scale-up phases, identifying leadership and strategic talent that can drive execution and deliver value creation throughout the investment lifecycle.

First Point Partners operates across CEE and selected international markets with offices in Warsaw and Abu Dhabi. The company combines senior market judgement with proprietary search technology to deliver sharper market insight and better-calibrated candidates. With a disciplined search process that includes market mapping of 40 to 100 target companies, direct personal outreach by senior consultants, and structured assessment with a 70 percent threshold for competence, motivation and alignment, First Point Partners provides clients with curated recommendations they can act on with confidence, backed by an 8 to 12 month replacement guarantee.