Head of Group Investments recruitment
Role:
This role will be responsible for Value Creation from a substantial portfolio of financial investments. This will encompass strategy development, execution and communication.
Our firm has a substantial, but focused, portfolio of long term value investments in world class companies. These companies are often based in large emerging market economies. Typically we will have purchased our stake when the share price is weak and the market has misjudged the prospects of the company. We are often one of the largest minority shareholders.
The responsibility of this role is to co-ordinate the team that manages these investments with a view to maximizing our long term investment returns. Strategies are many, but could involve further investment via an instrument of our choice, co-investment directly in a high value project, shareholder activism to improve governance or simply deciding to harvest our existing returns.
Doing this effectively will require representing our firm in a highly professional and polished way and developing productive relationships with the most senior executives of these large public companies.
The key for this role will be to be able to understand the company from its managers’ perspectives rather than as a banker. In addition to experience of running companies, the candidate will need to be a creative thinker who can view investments holistically and devise value creative strategies.
New investments will be sourced by the investments team under the direct guidance of our Chairman and after the initial investment is completed, management and value maximization responsibility will move to this new hire. This senior position will be supported by a small team of investment professionals.
The successful candidate will:
• Be a highly successful and experienced individual with a varied career track record, who is looking for a unique challenge which utilizes business and personal skills.
• Gravitas is critical. The candidate must project the image of a senior executive for a highly professional investment firm
• Experience in company management. The candidate will ideally have run a business or potentially a country/region for a major corporation. We are not looking for a banker.
• Preference will be given to a candidate from a corporate background over one from a financial institution.
• Needs to have a creative mind to conceptualize and communicate holistic strategies for unlocking investment value.
• Great communication skills both verbally and written.
• Be able to lead with resolve or follow without a bruised ego
• Have big-picture strategy skills and in-the-trenches execution skills
• Be meticulous and unfazed by impossible standards
• Be able to earn the trust of [both junior and senior] colleagues
• Have a strong desire to achieve but not at the expense of others
Education
Top High/Secondary School grades; University Degree/Master’s degree from a first-class institution
Experience
15+ years experience in company management a must. The candidate will ideally have run a business or potentially a country/region for a major corporation
Languages
Native-level English, Business Mandarin highly preferred, other languages a plus
Supervisory
Management responsibility for a team of 5-10