MD/D – Energy Transition Infrastructure Lending

Description

• Coordinate any leverage facilities associated with fund structures.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop junior team members as deal volume increases.
• Lead ongoing valuation reviews, monitoring frameworks, and—where required—workout processes.
• Communicate the strategy’s risk/return profile, pipeline, performance, and ESG impact to existing and prospective investors.
• Manage investment committee processes and coordinate with internal and external advisers throughout execution.
• Ensure ESG, climate, and impact metrics are tracked and consistently reported.
• Oversee the performance monitoring of the portfolio, including construction drawdowns, operational reporting, and covenant compliance.
• Oversee closing, funding, and onboarding of new transactions.
• Leverage relationships with developers, IPPs, utilities, advisers, and sponsors to originate new lending opportunities.
• Serve as the external representative (“face” of the strategy) in investor meetings, roadshows, and due-diligence sessions.
• Build and manage a dedicated team spanning origination, structuring, and asset management.
• Refine underwriting, monitoring, and reporting processes to support growth and scalability.
• Lead credit evaluation, structuring, and documentation for senior-secured loans across renewable and grid infrastructure assets.
• Define and lead the firm's energy transition infrastructure lending strategy, ensuring alignment with broader credit principles.
• Support fund structuring, reporting, and alignment with ESG and impact frameworks.
• Work alongside senior leadership and Investor Relations to raise institutional capital from UK LGPS, insurers, pension funds, and private credit investors.
• Develop the business plan, including target markets, sectors, geographies, return thresholds, and the risk framework.

Requirements

Genuine passion for the energy transition and sustainable investment.

• Commercial gravitas, strategic thinking, and strong execution capability.
• MBA or equivalent qualification preferred.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to build a new strategy within an established platform.
• Proven ability to originate and close mid-market transactions (£10m–£100m).
• Highly credible with institutional investors; strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong expertise in senior-debt structuring and assessment of construction, delivery, and stabilisation risks.
• Experience arranging capital structures for lending vehicles or funds is advantageous.
• Demonstrated transaction experience across solar, wind, battery storage, and grid infrastructure in the UK and Europe.
• 10+ years’ experience in infrastructure debt, project finance, private credit, or a related field, with deep sector understanding of clean energy.
• Effective team leadership and development skills.
• Strong analytical capabilities and rigorous credit underwriting discipline.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance