Chief Investment Officer

Job Purpose

• Play a critical role within the broader Investment Bank equity strategy, working alongside the heads of Alternative Equity (“AE”) and Private Equity (“PE), and their teams.  
• Contribute from your deep equity experience to enhance deal teams’ origination and execution capabilities, raising the quality of transactions and overall business performance.
• Provide support to AE and PE in building and refining strategy, systems, processes, frameworks and products, creating a competitive advantage for the business.
• Develop trusted and effective relationships with internal and external clients and stakeholders to achieve the long-term goals of AE, PE, Investment Banking and Nedbank CIB.
• Assist AE and PE in originating opportunities through equity market networks and insights, as well as targeted marketing of targets and capital allocators with pitching ideas.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Advisory & Investment Support

• Support the heads and teams of AE and PE in shaping investment strategies within the Investment Banking strategy
• Provide market intelligence and insights on investment opportunities across South Africa and Africa.
• Assist in portfolio construction, review and optimization, while ensuring optimal levels of risk-adjusted returns and efficient use of capital.

Risk Management & Due Diligence

• In collaboration with internal stakeholders including Risk, develop and implement risk frameworks tailored to the Investment Banking equity strategies.
• Assist in initial deal assessment and selection, supporting efficient and focused deployment of resources.
• Enhance existing due diligence capabilities within the business and contribute directly to the due diligence of complex and significant transactions.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Work closely with investment teams to provide expertise and support in execution.
• Foster collaboration between AE, PE and the wider businesses of Investment Banking, ensuring strategic alignment and delivery of holistic, knowledge driven solutions.
• Promote and foster a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous learning.
• Mentor and train dealmakers within the AE and PE businesses, developing talent and building bench strength of the businesses.

Origination & Cross Sell

• Assist in refining and enhancing coverage of the private equity market across AE and PE.
• Collaborate in delivering the deal origination targets of AE and PE through leveraging networks and industry knowledge.
• Deliver innovative thinking and creativity in terms of deal ideation and product development.
• Contribute to the cross-sell targets of the business, leveraging equity investments to originate opportunities for the Nedbank CIB franchise.

Portfolio Management

• Leverage your industry knowledge and experience to add ongoing value to the AE and PE portfolio assets.
• Generate ideas and improvements around portfolio construction in AE and PE.  
• Where required, represent the bank on boards of investee companies in either director or observer roles.

Essential Qualifications

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree (Hons) in Finance or Accounting, Engineering, Sciences, Economics, Legal or Business Science (Hon) Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Actuarial Science Economics and any BSc (Hon). 

Minimum Experience Level

• Minimum of 15 years of relevant private equity sector experience.  
• Strong and demonstrable background in direct equity investing, private equity fund structures, distressed asset restructures and work out scenarios.
• Exposure to special situations in the private credit and unlisted equity markets.   

Technical / Professional Knowledge

Behavioural Competencies

Employment Equity Statement

Preference to be given to underrepresented groups