The core responsibilities include:

• Identify and engage in potential strategic investment trends and opportunities.
• Identify sources of debt financing relationships.
• Develop and recommend investment policies and strategies.
• Review and monitor investment performance while working with direct reports to ensure timely and effective decision-making.
• Reviews and monitors portfolio risk characteristics and compliance with investment guidelines.
• Monitors asset allocation and implements re-balancing actions in accordance with the investment policy.
• Coordinates and manages completion of due diligence activities with outside consultants within stipulated time frames and budget.
• Provides updates on project due diligence critical path schedule at least weekly.
• Immediately communicates newly discovered risks or problems with pending acquisitions to Board of Directors.
• Creates and maintains a team of professionals (internal or external) to originate, analyze, finance, close, manage and sell public and private equities and real estate, both direct and indirect, investments.
• Works with professionals to structure and negotiate private equity transactions such as buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, by overseeing closing of transactions.
• Hire and develop employees and evaluate overall performance including conflict resolution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Management or a related field.
• Minimum eight years progressive experience in management, three of which should be at senior management level.
• Sound knowledge of the inward investment process.
• Good knowledge of different market sectors sectors.
• Significant experience of successfully managing investment services.
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills with proven ability to develop and sustain partnerships.
• High level operational management and leadership skills with the ability to handle sensitive issues.
• Resilience under pressure.
• High degree of personal and professional integrity.
• A successful track record of locating, structuring, financing, managing and disposing of investment ventures.
• Proven aptitude in liaising, negotiating, influencing, presentation skills and establishing a credible consultative role on all aspects of closing deals with key external clients.
• Competency in strategic planning, budgeting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must demonstrate ability to be independent & self-driven with a results driven orientation.