Investment Associate, Infrastructure - London, United Kingdom - CDC Group

CDC Group

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Our mission and objectives

British International Investment is the UK's development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. We invest with the aim of solving the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation.
We have 75 years of experience successfully supporting the sustainable, longterm growth of businesses in Africa and Asia, and have recently expanded to invest in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean.
We invest to achieve impact and a financial return which is then reinvested for more impact. Over the past five years, we have committed £7 billion of new investments, with our net assets growing in value to approximately £8.1 billion. We are now invested in 1,400 businesses which directly employ over 950,000 workers and support many more. Over the next five years, we plan to grow further, and aim to commit around £9 billion of new investments over the period.
Our current fiveyear strategy responds to the opportunities and challenges facing developing and emerging economies. To ensure our capital is used in the best way possible to meet these opportunities and challenges, it sets out three clear strategic objectives to invest in productive, sustainable and inclusive development. These objectives mean an increased focus on climate finance, including investing in green infrastructure; on financing digital transformation; and on driving inclusive outcomes, including through gender and diversity finance.
We changed our name to British International Investment in 2022, to more accurately reflect our central role in the UK Government's international financing offer.
In the last few years, we have expanded our presence in Africa and Asia by opening new offices in Bangladesh, Egypt, Kenya, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Ghana and Singapore; with further expansion planned.
We take an entrepreneurial approach to investment. We think innovatively about ways to deploy our capital, attract, and mobilise other investors, and drive transformational impact.
Deliver impact. We are a team of over 600 and place immense value on diversity within our organisation.

Team and role overview

There are 5 levels in the team
Associate, Executive, Manager, Director & Team Leader. However, the team is very flat and people at all levels are involved in the real detail, and in representational work, both to Investment Committee and externally.

Purpose

Infrastructure and Climate Funds (I&CF) sits within the Infrastructure and Climate Group (I&CG) which manages all of BII's investment activities across the infrastructure and climate subsectors.

I&CG is organised along product lines:
(i) I&C Funds, (ii) Equity Investments, (iii) Project Finance and (iv) Energy Access & Efficiency.

1 permanent associate role is being recruited to join the I&C Funds team. This is an opportunity to join an enthusiastic, mission driven team that sources and manages fund, coinvestments, and intermediated strategies in Africa and South Asia, with the mandate expanding to also include South East Asia for climate investments.
Support senior investment professionals in the evaluation and management of portfolio funds (private equity funds and managed strategies), including actively monitoring the financial performance and development impact of the funds and their compliance with BII's investment policy.
Member of deal team that sources, analyses and completes new proposals to invest in funds, with the objective of selecting fund managers with the highest potential for financial and developmental impact.
Reviewing all aspects of fund commitment agreements and assisting in the negotiation process, including working with BII's Environmental and Social, Business Integrity, Development Impact, Legal and Finance teams in support of both fund selection and relationship management.
Taking a proactive approach to identify problems of underperformance and/or noncompliance at fund manager level, including Environmental, Social and Governance standards, and to propose tangible solutions.
Maintaining and sharing uptodate market knowledge/intelligence, geographic and sector mappings

Responsibilities

Assessing investment performance and compliance to requirements/expectations
Active engagement with the relevant fund managers (General Partners) and other investors (Limited Partners)
Formally, through the review and analysis of quarterly fund reports; this may also include supporting the deal lead in advisory board meetings
Informally, through regular dialogue with the fund managers, other investors, and other organizations active in the regional business community
Supporting the work of the deal lead or other senior investment professionals on each fund relationship
Monitoring and reporting on the financial performance, compliance, ESG, and any other issues that relate to existing portfolio investments
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