TFA was not built by recruiters. It was built by M&A operators who have sat in the same seat as the clients and specialists we work with today. That is the difference.
We understand the pace of a live transaction. We know what a deal team needs at each phase and what happens to enterprise value when the wrong person is in a critical role. That knowledge is built into every aspect of how we operate, from how we vet our specialists to how we structure our engagements.
This is why every specialist in our network is interviewed by a TFA partner. They provide references from a previous client, and must complete a PE readiness assessment via our partner, Dexta, before their profile is approved.
When you work with TFA, you are not handed a shortlist and left to manage the rest. We match, we deploy, we support, and we stay in the process until the engagement delivers. We match by sector, M&A phase, deal size, and work style, not keywords. Legal contracts and NDAs are provided through our partners at New Legal to ensure that both you and the specialist are set up promptly and without friction.
People risk is deal risk. Our fractional CPOs are deployed at the moments where people, culture, and organisational design have the greatest bearing on enterprise value.
Financial integrity across the full deal lifecycle. Our fractional CFOs bring the rigour, speed, and commercial judgment that transactions demand.
Integration is where deals are won or lost. Our Heads of Integration are specialists in the complexity, pace, and operational discipline that the post-close period demands.
Technology is one of the most common sources of deal risk and one of the least visible. Our fractional CTOs protect value by bringing clarity to the technical estate at every stage.
When you need an experienced hand to lead the transaction itself. Our fractional M&A Directors bring the deal experience, stakeholder management, and commercial discipline to drive the process from origination to close.
No. TFA works with PE firms and their portfolio companies, and equally with owner-led businesses navigating their first or second acquisition. If you're in a transaction or preparing for one, we can help.
This is exactly what our in-house consultancy is for. Our team will come in, complete an internal assessment and help you map requirements based on your deal. That might include a leadership capability assessment, a technology assessment, an M&A deal assessment or an integration plan review. From there we match the right fractional resource to the gaps we identify.
Access to the platform for clients costs nothing. Our fractional leaders set their own day rates and we charge a 25% margin on top. If you use any of our consultancy offerings first, those start at £1,500 a day.
We can support that. In some cases, the right outcome is an interim placement rather than fractional, and we'll work with you to find the best arrangement depending on your deal timeline and budget.
You could, but you'd be doing the vetting yourself. Every candidate in our network is vetted specifically for M&A environments. They have undergone an interview with a TFA partner, provided evidence of their impact on enterprise value, completed a PE readiness assessment and a leadership assessment. You're not searching, you're being matched to someone we already know can deliver in a deal context.
CFO, CPO (People), CTO, Head of Integration and M&A Director. We also have an offline bench of CMOs and CCOs. If you have a requirement that isn't listed, speak to us and we'll tell you what we can do.
It's how we vet every candidate before they join the network. A series of short, skill-based assessments run through our partner Dexta.io, specific to each candidate's M&A specialism. It means when we brief you on someone, we can do it with evidence, not just a CV.
You'll sign up to TFA's platform terms, but when it comes to the placement itself, you contract directly with the fractional leader's limited company. TFA is the matchmaking service. We partner with New Legal to ensure that an industry-standard contract and NDAs are in place, if needed, at no extra cost, though fractionals may prefer to use their own. You are responsible for completing an IR35 assessment prior to the engagement starting.
This is unique to TFA. Before the engagement begins, we align on your financial objectives and the KPIs your fractional is accountable for delivering. Progress is tracked in real time and impact is verified and signed off by you at completion. It allows you to align your fractional's performance directly to deal outcomes and replaces subjective status updates with data-driven milestones tied to your exit objectives. If you agree a performance multiplier bonus with the fractional, this is the mechanism that triggers the payout.
