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How an Engagement Runs

1. 1.

   Submit your request.

   Outline the research question, target profiles, and timeline — the form above is enough.

2. 2.

   We source and screen.

   Our internal team screens relevant senior practitioners from our standing network, supplemented by targeted custom sourcing where needed. Every expert passes compliance screening before being proposed.

3. 3.

   You choose who to speak with.

   You receive a curated shortlist of expert profiles and select who to engage. Calls are scheduled around your timeline.

Compliance Built In

• Every expert is screened before any engagement and briefed on confidentiality obligations.
• Engagements are topic-scoped in advance to prevent disclosure of material non-public information.
• Information barriers and call-monitoring protocols are available where client policy requires them.
• Full framework: Compliance & Conflict of Interest Framework.

Example Engagement: Private Equity Diligence in Food Production

Background

Before putting in their first-round bid for a food production asset based in Asia, our client, a Hong Kong based private equity fund, wanted to conduct further research in the field.

Solution

Silverlight Research organised 3 calls and 2 meetings with relevant industry veterans from the region with distinct specialities including:

• Former Business Development Director at a key regional peer
• Former CFO of producer operating across Asia
• Former Senior Manager at the relevant production regulator in Asia

Impact

360 Degree Knowledge: The selection of Expert Advisors provided the client with finance, supply chain, customer, operational and regulatory perspectives, giving them a complete understanding of the opportunity.

Better Decisions: Discussions with key knowledge holders helped our client evaluate the short and long term opportunities for the business, and inform their decision to move ahead with the potential acquisition.