We take on your company's general management role for a defined period, on a part-time basis. We align the management team, set up the decision and reporting routine, build the permanent structure and then hand the role over to the person you choose.
A fractional CEO is an experienced senior executive who takes on a company's chief executive role for a limited period and on a part-time basis. Unlike a consultant, a fractional CEO holds real management authority and is accountable for results. Unlike a full-time CEO, the role is time-bound from day one and its goal is to build the permanent structure and hand it over.
The scope and limits of authority are set out in writing in the contract; we work on all or some of the areas below.
Regular management meetings with department heads, shared targets and clear responsibilities.
Annual targets, the budget and monthly tracking indicators; monitoring of deviations.
Who decides what and which decisions go to the board: authority limits and signing rules put in writing.
Cash flow, profitability and debt reported in a form management can read.
Organisation chart, job descriptions, key positions and support in selecting the permanent general manager.
Regular reporting to the board, turning board decisions into action and balancing owners and managers.
Exercises real management authority, is in the company on set days each week, and has a defined term. Suited to transition and turnaround periods.
Attends board meetings and provides opinion and analysis; has no executive authority. Suited to companies whose management team is in place. Details
The permanent solution. One goal of the fractional period is to prepare the ground for this person and hand the role over.
The company where our founder İsa Özinan took on the fractional CEO role:
Family business
Fractional CEO for six months, followed by board advisory.
OngoingAll our engagements are covered by non-disclosure agreements. For that reason only the company name and the role are shared here, not the content of the work. For the other companies where we serve as board advisor and fractional CFO, see our board advisory page.
In a professional career of more than 25 years, İsa Özinan has since 2005 led projects that solved management problems in energy, construction, manufacturing, software and tourism companies, working on site with multicultural teams from Germany to Oman and from France to Qatar. He founded PillarRise in 2022. Today he serves family businesses and industrial companies as board advisor, fractional CEO and fractional CFO.
He takes on the fractional CEO role personally, not through a team. Full biography · PillarRise in the press
In 60 minutes we discuss the company's situation, its management structure and what you expect.
An NDA is signed; authority limits, working days, term and targets are set out in writing.
Financial statements, organisation and the management team are reviewed; priorities are agreed with the shareholders.
Management meetings, target tracking and reporting are set up and actually run.
The role is handed to the permanent general manager or the designated family member with a written handover file.
They are close. An interim CEO usually works full time and fills a vacant seat. A fractional CEO is part time, working set days each week. Both are time-bound.
The term is set in the contract according to the company's situation and reviewed together at the end of the period. The aim is not to extend the role but to build the permanent structure and hand it over.
Working days are written into the contract according to need. Intensity is usually higher at the start and decreases as the routine settles.
The shareholders set the limits. Whether representation and signing authority is granted, and within which limits, is stated clearly in the contract and in the company's internal directive.
The mandate and its term are shared with the management team from day one. The goal is not to replace current managers but to build the routine they will work in.
The role is closed with a written handover file. If you wish, the relationship continues as board advisory.
Every engagement starts with an NDA signed before any data is shared. Your financial data and management decisions are not shared with third parties; only information you permit is used as a reference.
The fee depends on the mandate, the working days and the term, and is presented in writing at the proposal stage. We do not quote before the scope is clear.
The first step is a 60-minute diagnostic meeting. We listen to your situation and tell you plainly whether the fractional CEO model fits.
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