Portfolio Director, Entrepreneurial Growth Investment Firm, London, UK - PER, Private Equity Recruitment - #2157778

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About our client

We are working with an established and entrepreneurial investment firm focused on backing high-growth UK businesses. The firm invests in ambitious, revenue-generating companies with significant potential for further growth and supports management teams actively throughout the investment lifecycle.

The team takes a hands-on approach to its portfolio, combining investment expertise with strategic and commercial support to help businesses scale, strengthen performance and ultimately deliver attractive outcomes for shareholders.

As the portfolio continues to mature, the firm is creating a senior position focused specifically on taking ownership of existing investments and driving them towards the right strategic outcome. What the job involves

• Taking ownership of a portfolio of investments and developing a clear strategy and plan for each business
• Working closely with founders, management teams and boards to drive value creation and improve business performance
• Assessing the appropriate long-term strategy for each investment, including further growth, acquisitions, refinancing or realisation
• Developing and maintaining clear exit strategies, including potential acquirers, valuation considerations, timing and the milestones required to maximise shareholder value
• Identifying and actively pursuing realisation opportunities, including trade sales, secondary transactions, refinancing and other liquidity events
• Appointing and managing corporate finance and other external advisers through transaction processes
• Identifying underperformance early and working with management teams to address commercial, financial, operational or leadership challenges
• Supporting more complex portfolio situations, including restructurings, follow-on funding decisions and management change where required
• Providing clear and commercially focused reporting to the Investment Committee and underlying investors
• Feeding lessons from the existing portfolio back into the wider investment team and future investment decisions

• Significant investment or portfolio experience gained within private equity, venture capital or growth capital
• A demonstrable track record of creating shareholder value and personally driving investments through to successful realisation
• Strong experience working with founder-led and investor-backed SMEs
• Experience across a range of business situations, including growth, underperformance, restructuring and exit
• Strong commercial judgement and the ability to form an independent view on the appropriate strategy for an investment
• Board-level credibility and the confidence to challenge founders, management teams and other shareholders constructively
• Strong understanding of valuation, shareholder structures and transaction dynamics
• An engaging and persuasive communicator who is comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and investors
• A hands-on, proactive approach, with the appetite to take genuine ownership rather than simply monitor portfolio performance
• Experience within technology-enabled or high-growth businesses would be advantageous, although broader sector experience is welcomed