M&A Associate Director

As an Associate Director with an M&A background in the Investment office, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our portfolio companies have the right processes, governance and teams in place to originate and execute acquisitions. You will push and challenge these companies, help with origination where possible, and monitor progress to ensure sufficient focus on M&A at the company level. Your extensive network across Europe will be highly relevant in this role.

Summary of our opportunity:

You will be responsible for supporting portfolio companies in their inorganic growth strategies. This role involves ensuring that these companies have efficient origination processes and teams to identify and execute high-value acquisition opportunities. You will work closely with senior management and investment teams. Impact will be measured through value driven for the various stakeholders. The position will focus on portfolio companies from Europe and Mid-Market Funds with a current portfolio of ~50 companies. The position will be based in London, reporting to the Head of the Investment Office.

Primary responsibilities for this role include (but are not limited to):

• Strategic Leadership: Ensure portfolio companies have the right processes and teams in place for M&A activities. Push and challenge companies to optimize their origination and execution strategies.
• Transaction Support: Assist in the origination of acquisition opportunities where possible. Monitor and report on the progress of M&A activities at the company level.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including investors, advisors, and portfolio company management teams. Leverage your network across Europe to identify and support acquisition opportunities.

Key Requirements / Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in M&A with private equity funds but more importantly Corporates.
• Proven track record of successful deal origination and execution.
• Strong financial acumen and analytical skills.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex projects.
• Nationality and fluency in two or three languages, English ideally combined with French, German, or Spanish.

Personal Attributes:

• Ability to push things forward and drive progress.
• Good project manager given the multitude of projects across the portfolio.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborative and team-oriented.

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