Purpose of the Role
The role provides strategic oversight and stewardship of risk and resilience across a global infrastructure and private equity portfolio during the post-acquisition holding period through to exit. It focuses on enhancing portfolio companies risk management maturity business continuity and crisis preparedness ensuring alignment with the organizations strategic objectives governance standards and risk appetite as a sovereign investor.
The incumbent acts as a trusted advisor to portfolio company leadership and internal investment teams driving the continuous improvement of enterprise risk and resilience practices.
Serve as a trusted advisor to investment teams portfolio company C-suite executives and risk leaders.
Support investment teams in pre-exit risk readiness assessments and action planning.
Provide insights to influence strategic decisions and value creation initiatives across the portfolio.
Lead comprehensive post-acquisition risk assessments across portfolio companies and projects.
Identify and evaluate strategic operational financial compliance and ESG-related risks impacting performance and resilience.
Assess the adequacy and effectiveness of portfolio company risk management frameworks and controls.
Evaluate portfolio company capabilities in enterprise risk management (ERM) business continuity (BCM) and crisis management .
Drive continual improvement through benchmarking knowledge sharing and adoption of leading practices .
Build risk management maturity across the portfolio through engagement coaching and structured capability programs.
Utilize data analytics risk modelling and business intelligence tools to support risk identification and monitoring.
Integrate both quantitative and qualitative methods in risk analysis and reporting to enhance decision-making.
Foster strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective risk dialogue and collaboration.
Communicate complex risk concepts clearly and succinctly to senior executives and investment professionals.
Promote a solutions-oriented commercially-minded risk culture across the organization and portfolio companies.
Lead and develop a high-performing team; set clear objectives and growth plans.
Coordinate matrixed contributors and manage external advisors to ensure quality and value delivery.
Support the development of UAE national talent within the function.
Internal: Portfolio Management Finance Legal Compliance and Internal Audit
External: Portfolio company C-suite Risk Committees Heads of Risk/BCM/Crisis Management and external consultants
Qualifications & Experience
Education:
Bachelors degree in Finance Business Administration Engineering or a related analytical discipline (Masters preferred).
Strong foundation in financial and quantitative analysis .
Experience:
Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise risk management business continuity and/or crisis management .
Proven experience in infrastructure and private equity ideally within a sovereign wealth fund or holding company context.
Demonstrated ability to advise senior stakeholders and influence strategic decisions.
Deep technical knowledge of ERM BCM and crisis management frameworks .
Proficiency in risk modelling data analytics and BI tools .
Strong understanding of investor operating models and investment lifecycles .
Excellent project management planning and organizational capabilities.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Ability to synthesize complex analysis into actionable insights for executive decision-making.
High integrity judgement intellectual curiosity and cross-cultural agility.
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