About WINGMIND
Assessing and Strengthening the Human & Organizational Drivers of Execution & Value Creation
WINGMIND supports PE, Growth & VC investors and their portfolio companies on the human and organizational factors that shape execution and value creation.
We work with investors, Boards, CEOs, founders, executive teams, senior managers and key people, as well as the broader organization when needed.
Our work spans investment decisions, post-investment priorities, growth and transformation, leadership transitions, underperformance and pre-exit situations.
We believe that sustainable performance depends not only on strategy or financial resources, but also on leadership quality, strategic clarity, organizational effectiveness and the ability to engage teams over time.
Our work is built around two complementary areas of expertise:
Assessment
Understand before you decide
Human Due Diligence, Executive and Founder Assessments, Executive Team Assessments and Organizational Assessments designed to clarify strengths, risks, execution barriers and development priorities.
Advisory
Support execution over time
CEO & Board Advisory, Growth & Transformation Advisory, Underperformance & Turnaround Advisory, Executive Coaching and Executive Team Coaching to support critical decisions and strengthen execution over time.
A few facts
100+ engagements
Assessment, advisory and transformation assignments with CEOs and executive teams.
10 countries
International experience supporting investors, portfolio companies and senior leaders across a wide range of contexts.
PE, Growth & VC
Supporting investors and portfolio companies across the investment cycle.
Dual experience
Former Private Equity investor, entrepreneur and advisor to CEOs.
How we work
Say what needs to be said, connect people to business and serve collective success
Say what needs to be said
Honest conversations, independent thinking and objective recommendations, even when difficult decisions must be made.
Connect people to business
Leadership, organizational and team issues are always assessed through their impact on strategy, execution, governance and value creation.
Serve collective success
We seek solutions that serve the long-term success of the company as a whole, beyond individual interests, internal politics or functional boundaries.
Support the decision
Go beyond diagnosis and help decide what should be strengthened, changed, complemented, reorganized or replaced.
A flexible network of expertise
David Chouraqui personally leads every assignment. Depending on the situation, WINGMIND brings together a targeted network of advisors, consultants and executive coaches to assemble the most relevant team.
This flexible model allows us to combine investor insight, leadership assessment, organizational diagnosis, executive coaching and transformation support according to each client’s specific needs.
The founder
David Chouraqui
A former Private Equity investor, entrepreneur and executive coach, David Chouraqui has spent the past 14 years coaching and advising CEOs and executive teams through growth, transformation, transition and underperformance.
David founded WINGMIND after a career spanning international business development, mergers & acquisitions, Private Equity and entrepreneurship.
He began his career in international business development and marketing at L’Oréal, before joining Rothschild Corporate Finance in mergers & acquisitions. He later joined The Gores Group, a US Private Equity firm, where he was responsible for the origination and execution of investment opportunities across Europe.
In 2010, he founded Closing Circle, an international media company dedicated to Private Equity and M&A, which he sold to Leaders League in 2015.
His experience as an investor, entrepreneur and coach allows him to combine business, financial, organizational and human perspectives. He helps investors, Boards and CEOs assess risks, make sensitive decisions and strengthen execution capacity.
David graduated from HEC Paris, is certified in Hogan Assessments and trained in Organization & Relationship Systems Coaching. He works in French, English and Spanish.
Facing a critical investment, leadership or organizational situation?
Investment decision, growth, transformation, leadership transition, underperformance or pre-exit: let’s discuss the situation and the most appropriate approach.