Director/VP Direct Lending fund

 

Arkesden Partners are currently working with the London office of an International Alternative Investor to locate a VP/ Director for the London team in order to help Invest in the ever growing Direct lending markets. We have been mandated to search for an VP/Director from Investment Banking or Investing backgrounds across Europe.

The European fund itself is well backed globally with a strong LP community behind it. This is based on strong returns from European, US and Asian offices. They are active across a wide spectrum of products through private debt, mezzanine, credit and minority equity funds with a specialty in mid-market transactions.

The role is to invest across senior loan and unitranche markets and also portfolio management. Therefore the experience of Debt/Credit financial modeling within Investment Banking is essential.

The ideal candidate will not only possess a strong technical background and financial understanding of the market but also possess strong interpersonal skills to enable them to build long lasting relationships with both Investors and Portfolio companies. The VP/Director will be required to look after and nurture the junior members of the team.

Consistently a top performer with top grades at school and University.

8-10 years of Leveraged Finance experience from a Tier 1 establishment. They will look at profiles from  Leveraged Finance or Investing backgrounds. A European language skill is essential (French

August 9, 2013 • Tags:  • Posted in: Financial

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