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Operating Partner for PE-backed businesses requiring immediate financial control and capital discipline
Thyme Capital Advisory partners with private equity investors, boards and CEOs to restore financial control, improve liquidity, and prepare businesses for investment, refinancing or exit.
We work where pressure is highest — underperforming portfolio companies, carve-outs, covenant stress, growth-stage funding, and pre-exit transformation.
Our focus is simple: cash clarity, capital discipline, and finance functions that support execution.
About Thyme Capital Advisory
Led by John Fulton, a CFO and operating partner with 20+ years of international experience across private equity, emerging markets, technology, infrastructure and high-growth businesses.
Thyme provides hands-on senior financial leadership without the cost and delay of traditional advisory models.
Roles where we can bring expertise to the table: Non exec director, interim CFO, treasury lead, and transaction advisor to private equity and multinationals.
Our Services
CFO Advisory & Interim Management
Strategic leadership and hands-on execution when it matters most.
Treasury & Liquidity
Clear frameworks for liquidity, cashflow, and funding confidence.
Private Equity & Transactions
Support across investment lifecycle — from diligence to exit.
Emerging Markets
Cross-border insight and structure for growth in frontier regions.
Selected Outcomes
Debt raising - public and private equity, globally
Europe, UK and US Debt capital markets transactional preparation, including complex legal entity restructuring restructuring gained over the last 25-years with small-large public and private equity organisations.
Working capital - Avincis, Lisbon
€3.5m+ annual cash improvement identified (Avincis)
Operating Partner Support / Fermaca, Partners Group, Mexico
Partnered with new PE owner Partners Group to devise, implement 100-day plan. Restructure to allow a 25 year S144a Project Financing to be executed of $550M
Full cycle PE ownership - Ashmore Energy, Texas
Full cycle from initial acquisition, LBO debt refi $2.1bn, along with over 25 M&A transactions to increase EBITDA from $500m to over $1.1bln. Exit c.3x through break-up.