Regional Development Director - Real Assets in London

JOB TITLE: Regional Development Director – Real Assets
LOCATION: London
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, with at least two days per week (or 40% of time) based at one of our office locations. We support colleagues with disabilities through reasonable workplace adjustments, including flexibility in how hybrid working is applied, in line with our Flexibility Works policy.
The Regional Development Programme is LBG’s enterprise-wide initiative for directing incremental finance into the economic development of the UK’s regions, creating positive social, environmental and commercial impact while deepening client relationships across CIB and the wider Group. This Director role will lead our Real Assets agenda – scaling neighbourhood‑led regeneration and economic infrastructure in underserved regions through innovative public‑private investment models.
The Opportunity: Real Assets
You’ll innovate, structure and deliver long‑duration, asset‑backed investments that:
Accelerate economic infrastructure including science and innovation assets, transport hubs and energy‑cluster developments.
Leverage strategic partnerships and public financial institutions alongside institutional investors and delivery specialists.
Develop innovative blended finance structures – such as supporting programmes like the NWF Social Housing Retrofit Guarantee to unlock large scale regeneration and accelerate investment into socially impactful real assets.
Key Responsibilities
Convene senior leaders and key partners across local and national government, institutional investors, developers, universities, housing providers and advisers.
Build place strategies for priority City Regions and co‑develop local action plans with regional authorities and partners.
Create scalable investment vehicles and public‑private joint ventures to unlock stalled sites and mobilise institutional capital.
Originate and structure Real Assets transactions that deliver measurable place‑based impact and commercial returns.
Blend capital sources to bridge viability gaps and secure risk‑adjusted project returns.
Contribute to the Group’s Social Housing Initiative, helping link regional development opportunities with LBG’s wider social impact strategy. This includes working with Group Sustainable Business and housing partners to embed affordable housing outcomes into our Real Assets activity.
Embed core Sustainability principles and impact‑linked structures across transactions and ensure robust monitoring.
Steer governance and risk processes, align proposals with credit appetite and maintain accurate pipeline reporting.
Success Measures
Launch of replicable, scalable public‑private investment models across multiple UK regions.
Delivery of new tenure‑balanced housing, public realm improvements and enabling infrastructure.
Establishment of regional co‑investment platforms with devolved authorities and other strategic partners.
Deployment of LBG and third‑party capital into Real Assets via a range of channels.
Skills & Experience
Proven origination capability and ability to lead senior multi‑party partner engagement (5+ years).
Strong background in corporate or structured finance, including real estate development and economic infrastructure (5+ years).
Experience blending public and private capital and working with regional authorities or public‑finance institutions.
Understanding of place‑based investment, sustainable finance and impact‑linked structuring.
Excellent communication, relationship‑building and commercial analysis skills.
Knowledge of regeneration in the built environment, industrial clusters and university‑anchored innovation ecosystems.
We know great talent comes from many backgrounds. While this advert references years of experience for optimisation purposes, we value transferable skills and varied career paths and encourage applicants with relevant experience to apply.
You’ll sit within the Corporate & Institutional