Description
We are seeking a Director / Principal, Geopolitical & Country Risk to join our leading geopolitical and political risk intelligence and advisory team.
The successful candidate would be responsible for leading the implementation of our strategy with private markets investors in the UK and Western Europe to position Control Risks as a leading advisor on political, regulatory and policy risk to private market clients.
Key responsibilities include:
- Client management and business development: refining and implementing our private markets business development campaign, identifying and acquiring new points of contact with new and existing clients, and managing these relationships.
- Case and project work: ensuring proposals focus on clients' requirements, leading complicated engagements for private markets investors, and building and maintaining policy/regulatory monitoring across priority jurisdictions.
- Working culture: fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment between practice areas, offices and regions, and coordinating closely with colleagues.
Requirements include:
- Demonstrated experience advising investors on UK and EU policy and regulatory change and related commercial impacts.
- Experience with supporting clients on highly regulated, policy-sensitive sectors.
- Ability to source information on the evolution of policy, regulation and enforcement trends.
- Access to a large network of reliable, credible sources in policy circles in the UK, specific European markets and/or Brussels.
Benefits include:
- Competitively positioned compensation and benefits package.
- Discretionary global bonus scheme.
- Hybrid working arrangements.