We're joined by a leading private equity partner, Demetrios Dounis from Heartwood Partners, to discuss Heartwood's approach to private equity and what business leaders are looking for in a PE partner. He also discusses his upbringing, his path to PE, and much more.

0:55 Demetrios' path to private equity
3:04 Demetrios' upbringing
4:39 What to look for in a prospective investment
8:44 Lessons to learn from change
12:24 How Heartwood approaches value creation
16:32 How business leaders can find the right private equity partner
20:30 Demetrios' advice to business leaders starting to think about add-on acquisitions
26:34 Advice to his younger self