More depth
to decision-making
Lavra Group is a partner for private equity and corporate governance decision-making. We use best-in-class processes, built on 20 years of experience in the finance and investment industry – to ensure crucial decisions are fully informed
Greater clarity
on opportunities
Our proprietary tools and wide-ranging sector experience bring added rigour to the decision-making process. More depth. Greater clarity. Decisions that are fully informed
Progress towards
your goals
Our expertise includes acting as an independent investment committee member and serving on corporate boards of directors. We deliver real insights that advance companies and investors towards their financial and business goals
Our Approach
We are systematic
Our processes and analytical tools bring added rigour to the decision-making process. They draw out the key information from boundless data and deliver real business and market insights. We build on what already works, implement best practices and promote good governance. Equally efficient as it is thorough, our systematic approach saves boards and investors time and manages risk.
We are co-creative
Close collaboration and knowledge-sharing sit at the heart of our approach, enabling us to become integral to your team and decision-making – a trusted partner. We will always retain a level of independence to ensure the flow of valuable insights into your organisation and to guarantee high quality co-creation of your financial and business success.
We are enlightening
Our proprietary insights are distinctive. We enable companies and investors to see opportunities from a different angle – with more depth and greater clarity – making their decisions more informed. We share our expertise at every stage of the investment cycle and embed our best-in-class processes and tools to enlighten every decision that is made.
What We Do
Private Equity
Funds
We work with investment funds active in direct private equity transactions around the world. Our expertise includes acting as an independent investment committee member and taking board positions in portfolio companies. Explore how we can work together.
Institutional
Investors
We help pension funds, endowments, sovereign wealth funds and other institutions that invest in the private equity asset class.
Independent Board
Member
As good corporate governance is a source of competitive advantage. It encompasses sustainable processes that allow a company to fulfill its strategic vision, make better decisions, mitigate risk and respond to challenges while maintaining stakeholder confidence.
Establishing a
New Board
We help new businesses to create an effective board of directors that will fulfill their strategic aspirations.
Our Founder
Tamara Sakovska
Tamara Sakovska is the Founder of Lavra Group. She is an experienced private equity investor and a Chartered Director who has served on boards of both private equity backed and publicly listed companies. Tamara is the author of The Private Equity Toolkit, a hands-on guide for the finance community, published by Wiley in 2022. She has 20 years of finance and investment experience gained at Goldman Sachs, HarbourVest Partners, Warburg Pincus, Permira, Eton Park and Global Family Partners.
Tamara’s investment experience includes originating, leading and executing leveraged buyouts, minority and control growth equity transactions as well as financing and investments in publicly listed companies. She has also invested in private equity fund-of-funds and structured strategic co-investment partnerships with institutional investors, corporations and ultra-high net worth family groups.
Tamara is a board director with over a decade of tenured board experience and extensive corporate governance credentials. She holds a Diploma with Distinction in Company Direction, is a Chartered Director and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors (UK). She received the 2018 Director of the Year Award in the Chartered Director category. Tamara currently serves on the boards of several publicly listed companies.
Tamara holds an MBA with Distinction from London Business School (UK) and a BA with Honours and Distinction in Economics and Art History from Stanford University (USA), where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received the Anna Laura Myers Prize in economics.
