High-Performance Origination,
by Athletes
The Clavana Elite Athlete Programme offers world-class athletes flexible, high-performance roles in deal origination for Clavana's private equity and corporate clients - combining real commercial experience and professional skills development whilst training and competing at the highest level.
Train. Compete. Work.
Fully flexible (5-25 hrs /week), remote roles that fit around elite training and competition schedules.
High-Earning Performance Model
Hourly rate plus meaningful commission and clear promotion paths.
Build Professional Skills
Build real-world skills in outbound strategy, founder and executive communication, managing live pipelines and projects, and more, with additional training from top business coaches.
Springboard Your Career
A proven pathway into Business Development, Corporate Development, and Private Markets roles.
What You'll Do
As an Origination Athlete, you’ll work directly on live private equity and corporate acquisition strategies.
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Sourcing and qualifying off-market acquisition targets
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Writing clear, high-quality outreach to founders and CEOs
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Handling introductory conversations with business owners
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Logging insights in CRM and delivering weekly updates
This is not theoretical or simulated work - you are part of live deal origination.
The Role: Origination Athlete
What You'll Produce
Real outputs that move deals forward. Your work is measured in tangible, professional outputs.
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Warm founder introductions
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Qualified pipelines and market maps
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Outreach copy and call notes
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Bi-weekly reporting and KPIs
Everything is tracked, reviewed, and tied to real client work.
Why This Works
A different model for a different kind of origination. Elite sport builds discipline, resilience, and the ability to perform under pressure. We apply those traits to origination through:
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Human-first outreach that earns replies from founders and CEOs
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Sector-literate conversations powered by Clavana’s market maps
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Global coverage with multilingual originators
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A focus on measurable output, not activity for activity’s sake
This is how we uncover founder-led, off-market opportunities others miss.
Elite Performance:
On and Off the Field
This is not a side hustle.
It’s a high-performance pathway.
The Clavana Elite Athlete Program
A global team of elite athletes building world-class origination skills whilst pursuing sporting excellence.
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Real origination work, not simulations or “sales tasks”
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Live client mandates and real founder conversations
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High standards, clear expectations, and measurable output
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A global team of athletes who perform under pressure
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Built to work around training, travel, and competition
Built for
high-performance people.
Born Out of a Simple Belief:
Elite performers Deserve Elite Career Pathways.
Too many athletes are forced to choose between fully committing to their sport and to building a future-proof career. We built the Clavana Elite Athlete Programme to challenge that trade-off.
This is a serious, high-performance environment where athletes do real work, build real skills, and contribute to meaningful outcomes - without ever compromising training or competition.
The same traits that create excellence in sport create excellence in business. This programme exists to connect the two.
Athletes in the Program
We support athletes in achieving their competitive goals, whist building commercial skills.
Teal Cohen
Olympian, Rowing
Madigan Munro
2x National Champion, Mountain Biking
Chris Del Bosco
3x Olympian, Ski Cross
Paul Schommer
Olympian, Biathlon
Kali Wilding
Aspiring Olympian, Sprint Kayak
Darr Smith
2x U23 National Champion, Racing World Triathlon Series
Lara Dallman-Weiss
2x Olympian, Sailing
Adele Likin
Professional Athlete, Triathlon