Head of Capital Markets & Investor Relations

Key Responsibilities

• Own the company's capital markets strategy, advising the CEO and CFO on capital structure, financing sequencing, and investor targeting across equity and debt.
• Lead origination, structuring, and execution of corporate equity raises (Series C and beyond), from investor targeting through to close.
• Cook up coordination with the CFO, Project Finance Lead, and external advisors to align the corporate equity narrative with lender requirements and bankability criteria.
• Maintain a current view of capital markets conditions, peer valuations, sector sentiment, and the evolving investor universe.

Investor Relations & Relationship Management

• Own the investor relations function - manage shareholder register composition, institutional communications, and a proactive engagement programme.
• Build and maintain relationships with targeted institutional investors (infrastructure funds, pension funds, SWFs, family offices, and strategic investors) ahead of each capital raise.
• Lead development of the equity narrative: investment case, value creation story, and competitive differentiation for institutional audiences across different mandates.
• Own production of capital markets materials including investor presentations, IMs, teasers, management Q&A preparation, and VDR organisation.
• Support the CEO and CFO in investor meetings, roadshows, and management presentations through briefing, preparation, and follow-up management.

Public Market Preparation

• Lead the strategic programme to prepare for public market entry, including readiness assessment, gap analysis, and sequencing of governance, reporting, audit, and register workstreams.
• Build relationships with equity research analysts, institutional sales desks, and ECM teams; develop public market valuation frameworks applicable to the company's asset class.
• Advise on listing venue, transaction structure, timing, and advisor selection; manage the bank beauty parade process.
• Cook up coordination with Legal, Finance, and Board to ensure governance, reporting standards, and disclosure obligations are fit-for-purpose for a listed company.
• Manage all public market disclosure obligations, including prospectus filings, earnings communications, and SEC compliance.

Strategic Finance & Internal Partnership

• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and CFO - bring a capital markets perspective to M&A, asset monetisation, portfolio management, and corporate structure decisions.
• Provide ongoing insight on capital markets conditions, peer transactions, and investor sentiment to support Executive and Board decision-making.
• Work closely with the Project Finance Lead on alignment between project finance structures and the corporate equity story.
• Lead and develop any direct reports within the capital markets and IR function.