FP Partners: CEO-in-Residence
The Position
Residencies & Placements. A two-year term to source a company with the firm's backing, then lead the one you find as its chief executive.
Cycle: A small annual cohort of three to five executives.
The firm publishes an application route and no dates against it.
An apply button carried twice, both pointing at the firm's contact form. The page sizes the cohort at three to five executives a year, which is a rate rather than a window, and names no month.
At a Glance
- Location
- Toronto, with targets across Canada's lower middle market.
- Pay
- Deal capital only
- Compensation
- No pay is published for the two-year term. What the firm does publish is what it puts into the deal: the acquisition capital, coaching, and operating infrastructure.
- What You Do
- A two-year term: source and evaluate targets through the firm's ecosystem, then step in as interim or full-time CEO after the close.
- Recruits On
- It weighs operating experience: time running something, rather than a degree.
- Who Can Apply
- Mid-to-late-career leaders, with business services expertise preferred.
The Company
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Interview Prep
These programs do not publish their interview scripts, so this is the shape a residencies & placements program hires on, what it is really weighing, and how to arrive ready.
The Typical Arc
- A rolling, relationship-driven introduction rather than a fixed cycle.
- A sourcing conversation: what you would buy, and how you would find it.
- A working session with the firm's small team.
- A match to a live acquisition or a committed-capital search.
What It Is Assessing
- Sourcing ability and a real point of view on where to hunt.
- Operator readiness for a specific kind of business.
- Whether you fit a small, hands-on team without a large structure around you.
How to Prepare
- Arrive with a sourcing thesis, not a blank slate. Buyer Profile Builder
- Show you can run a business, with evidence on one page. Buyer Profile Builder
- Understand the firm's committed-capital model before you talk terms. Investors
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