Operating Leadership with a Brand-Building, General Management Perspective
PK Growth Partners was founded to meet a specific need: experienced, hands-on leadership for organizations navigating growth, transition, or transformation — when a permanent executive is not the right solution.
The firm is led by Peter Kaye, an operator with a general management mindset who builds strong brands that drive profitable growth. His background combines entrepreneurial leadership with big-company discipline, shaped by decades of hands-on experience leading consumer businesses in fast-moving, resource-constrained environments.
His work is grounded in using brand strategy as a central lever to drive demand, margin, and long-term value, supported by a broad commercial perspective across product, pricing, distribution, and promotion — and informed by a general management education at Harvard Business School.
PK Growth Partners provides interim and fractional CEO, CMO, CGO leadership across both for-profit and nonprofit organizations — particularly during periods of growth, change, or complexity. Peter works directly with leadership teams, boards, and investors to strengthen strategy, accelerate value creation, and ensure execution.
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 leadership, we welcome the conversation.
Founder and Principal
The Player-Coach Operating Model
PK Growth Partners operates as a player-coach — embedded with leadership teams, accountable for outcomes, and actively involved in execution.
Rather than advising from the sidelines, Peter works directly with leadership teams to:
Clarify priorities and define growth strategy
Lead go-to-market execution and revenue acceleration
Strengthen leadership teams and operating cadence
Align organizations during periods of change
Drive execution when results matter most
Engagements most often take the form of interim or fractional CEO, CMO, or CGO roles, as well as custom operating projects tied to key inflection points.
Grounded in Big-Company Rigor. Proven in Entrepreneurial Environments.
Peter’s background blends two complementary sources of operating experience:
Entrepreneurial operating leadership, including roles at Honest Tea, Newman’s Own, the No Kid Hungry campaign, and NuTek Natural Ingredients.
Big-company operating 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 Network
While Peter leads all engagements, PK Growth Partners draws on a trusted network of experienced operators, specialists, and boutique partners when needed — allowing organizations to scale capability efficiently without unnecessary overhead.
This model provides:
Interim operating leadership where it matters most
Fractional executive leadership to strengthen existing teams
Specialized operating expertise when required
Flexibility as organizational 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 — both for-profit and not-for-profit — where performance and purpose intersect
To see representative engagements and brands, visit Selected Work.