Operating Leadership for Key Inflection Points

Accelerate Your Growth through experienced leadership, decisive execution, and hands-on partnership.

A player-coach growth architect working alongside leadership teams, boards, and investors to develop strategy and drive execution.

PK Growth Partners steps into interim and fractional CEO, CMO, and Chief Growth Officer (CGO) roles to help organizations execute through moments of growth, transition, and complexity — when a permanent executive is not the right solution.

WHEN ORGANIZATIONS ENGAGE PK GROWTH PARTNERS

Leadership teams, private equity partners, and boards — most often engage PK Growth Partners when:

  • Growth has stalled or needs renewed momentum

  • The business is scaling faster than leadership capability or capacity

  • A transition, turnaround, or transformation is underway

  • Experienced operating leadership is needed — but a full-time hire is not the right solution

PK Growth Partners is led by Peter Kaye, a senior operating leader who works directly with CEOs, boards, and investors during moments of growth, transition, and complexity.

HOW WE ENGAGE

PK Growth Partners operates as a player-coach growth architect — working alongside leadership teams to clarify priorities, align organizations, and drive results during critical moments of growth and transition. Our role is that of an embedded operator, helping develop strategy and translate strategy into execution.

PK Growth Partners provides hands-on, embedded operating leadership through:

  • Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Growth Officer (CGO), or Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) roles

  • Fractional executive leadership

  • Custom operating projects during key inflection points

  • Active partnership with boards and investors

OUR APPROACH

PK Growth Partners brings a rare combination of entrepreneurial leadership and big-company operating discipline.

Our work is shaped by hands-on leadership roles at entrepreneurial organizations such as Honest Tea, Newman’s Own, No Kid Hungry and grounded in operating rigor developed at Coca-Cola, Diageo, Danone and Nestlé.

This blend brings a general management perspective to growth — allowing us to move quickly, bring fresh perspective, and execute with rigor, particularly in environments where resources are constrained and outcomes matter.

SELECTED OPERATING RESULTS

Examples of operating results achieved across entrepreneurial, growth-stage, and global organizations.

  • Reversed a decade-long decline across a 40-year-old food & beverage portfolio

  • Grew revenue 57% over three years for a previously stagnant organization

  • Doubled sales for a better-for-you B2B ingredient company

  • Increased brand awareness 2X and revenue 58% for a growth-stage beverage brand

  • Achieved highest-ever DTC average order value (+13%) through product innovation

  • Led a global brand relaunch to #1 in category across 120 countries

  • Drove +16% volumegrowth and double-digit brand preference gains for a legacy brand

SELECTED OPERATING & GROWTH INITIATIVES

PK Growth Partners has led and supported high-impact initiatives including:

  • Accelerating growth for Emerging and Growth-stage brands

  • Turnaround strategy and execution

  • Go-to-market strategy and channel expansion

  • New product launches, including pre-revenue and early stage startups

  • Leadership team alignment and operating cadence

  • Coaching and operating partnership for founder-led businesses

  • Board- and investor-facing strategy, planning, and execution

WHAT FOUNDERS, CEOs, AND INVESTORS SAY

“PK Growth Partners is an effective approach for accelerating growth ahead of a strategic sale — bringing experienced operating leadership without adding a permanent executive.”
— Partner, Leading Private Equity Firm

“Peter delivers. As our Interim Chief Growth Officer, he led bold new campaigns that drove strong results in awareness, earned media, and sales velocity.”
— David Best, President & CEO, Newman’s Own

“Peter aggressively drove our brand’s growth while keeping tactics and budgets scrappy!”
— Seth Goldman, Co-Founder & CEO, JUST Ice Tea; Co-Founder, Honest Tea

WHO WE WORK WITH

PK Growth Partners works with:

  • Founder-led and private equity-backed businesses and brands

  • Leadership teams, boards, and investors navigating growth, transition, or transformation

  • Mission-driven organizations — both for-profit and nonprofit — where performance and purpose intersect

WHEN TO GET IN TOUCH

If you’re facing a moment of inflection and need experienced operating leadership, let’s talk.

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