Experienced Operating Leadership, Built for Moments That Matter

Peter Kaye, Founder and Principal, PK Growth Partners

Peter Kaye,

Founder and Principal

PK Growth Partners was founded to meet a specific need: experienced, hands-on operating leadership for organizations navigating growth, transition, or transformation — without adding a permanent executive.

The firm is led by Peter Kaye, a senior operating leader who brings a rare combination of big-company operating discipline and entrepreneurial leadership — grounding his work in best practices developed inside large, global organizations, and applying them pragmatically in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments.

Providing interim or fractional CEO, CMO, or Chief Growth Officer (CGO) roles for mission-driven organizations, the firm’s work spans for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, particularly those navigating growth, change, or moments of complexity. Peter works directly with leadership teams, boards, and investors, bringing clarity and execution to high-stakes moments, with accountability for decisions, outcomes, and momentum.

PK Growth Partners is not a traditional consulting firm or agency — we are engaged to lead, decide, and execute.

If you’re navigating a moment of inflection and need experienced operating leadership, we welcome the conversation.

A Player-Coach Operating Model

As a metaphor for PK Growth Partners "Player-Coach" way of working, picture of a baseball glove lying on grass with a baseball inside it.

PK Growth Partners operates as a player-coach — embedded with teams, accountable for outcomes, and actively involved in execution.

Rather than advising from the sidelines, Peter works alongside leadership teams to:

  • Clarify priorities and growth strategy

  • Lead go-to-market and revenue acceleration

  • Strengthen leadership teams and operating cadence

  • Align organizations during periods of change

  • Drive execution when results matter most

Engagements often take the form of interim or fractional CEO, CMO, or CGO roles, as well as custom operating projects tied to inflection points.

Grounded in Big-Company Rigor, Proven in Entrepreneurial Environments

Peter’s background blends:

  • Entrepreneurial operating leadership, including roles at Honest Tea, Newman’s Own, the No Kid Hungry campaign, and NuTek Natural Ingredients.

  • Big-company discipline, shaped early in his career at Coca-Cola, Diageo, Danone, and Nestlé.

This combination allows PK Growth Partners to move quickly while maintaining the strategic rigor, operating discipline, and governance awareness expected by boards and investors.

A Flexible, Trusted Bench

While Peter leads all engagements, PK Growth Partners draws on a trusted network of experienced operators, specialists, and boutique partners as needed — allowing teams to scale capability efficiently without unnecessary overhead.

This model provides:

  • Interim operating leadership where it matters most

  • Fractional executive roles to strengthen existing teams

  • Specialized expertise when required

  • Flexibility as needs evolve

Who We Work With

PK Growth Partners works with:

  • Founder-led and Private Equity-backed businesses and brands

  • Growth-stage businesses ready to scale

  • Leadership teams, boards and investors navigating growth, transition, or transformation

  • Mission-driven organizations, including both for-profit and not-for-profit, where performance and purpose intersect

To see representative engagements and brands, visit Selected Work.