Companies do not fail only because of strategy...

Companies fail when leadership, governance, culture, capital and accountability fall out of alignment.

Enduring Value Partners exists for those moments.

- Inflection Point Leadership -

We exist to lead companies through inflection points where

advice is not enough and experienced operating leadership is required.

- Lead - Build - Grow -
We lead when boards, owners, or sponsors need executive judgment, authority, and trust at the center of the work. We build the governance, leadership, culture, capital, and operating systems required for long term value. We grow enterprise value by aligning purpose, accountability, strategy, and execution.

Before EVP accepts a leadership mandate, we collaborate with the board, sponsor, founder, or owner to confirm the inflection point, define the leadership work required, and determine whether Geoff is the right fit to execute the mandate.

- Mandates -

Public or Regulated Company Transformation CEO

For boards and owners of regulated companies facing governance pressure, regulatory scrutiny, leadership transition, stalled value creation or loss of stakeholder confidence. We confirm the leadership mandate and step into the operating role to restore trust, rebuild leadership, and execute.

Family & Controlled Enterprise Transition Leader

For founders, families, boards, and family offices navigating succession, governance reset, professionalization, ownership transition or leadership ambiguity. We help separate family ownership from operating leadership, define authority, preserve legacy, and build the executive structure required for the next generation of enterprise value.

PE-Backed Value Creation President / CEO

For sponsors whose portfolio companies need operating leadership, governance maturity, cultural accountability, or execution discipline. We help confirm whether the company needs a President, CEO, Executive Chairman, operating partner, or board-level leader to convert the investment thesis into the desired results.

Leading from Experience...

“On behalf of the entire Citizens team and stakeholders, it is our great pleasure to thank Geoff Kolander for his outstanding leadership in transforming and positioning the Company to prosper for many years to come," said J.D. "Chip" Davis, Jr., Chairman of Citizens (NYSE:CIA) Board of Directors

Mr. Davis continued, "Geoff has been instrumental in assembling a talented leadership team, redefining culture and transforming the Company's financial and operational structures while navigating complex legal and regulatory challenges..."

"Personally, the past four years will serve as a testimony as to the power of faith. It has been an honor to lead Citizens' transformation alongside an authentic and dedicated team. The collective resolve of our entire Citizens team enabled us to overcome obstacles and emerge stronger as a company. Our team is tested and prepared for its next phase, as it seeks to create and capture enduring value for all our stakeholders," said Mr. Kolander.

PRNewswire - Austin, Texas, July 30, 2020

PRNewsire - Austin, Texas - July 30,2020

The Arena

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

Teddy Roosevelt