Managing Director, Asset Allocation (Private Markets Focus)

The Opportunity

The Role: Strategic Orchestration & Ecosystem Leadership

• **Private Markets-Led Strategy:**
• Serve as the primary engine for the family's alternative investments, driving high-conviction capital deployment across Private Equity, Private Credit, and Real Assets, while providing strategic governance and oversight for the public markets teams.
• **Hands-On LP & GP Relationship Mastery:**
• Leverage an unrivaled global network to secure “first call” access to top-tier GPs.
• You will actively lead primary fund commitments, direct co-investments, and secondaries, driving value creation alongside general partners.
• **Institutional Frameworks:**
• Implement world-class investment governance (mirroring SWF, Pension, or Endowment standards) to ensure capital preservation while capturing alpha across diverse liquidity profiles.
• **Ecosystem Representation:**
• Act as the firm’s primary representative within the Singapore and global financial ecosystem.
• You will foster critical relationships with regional regulators, peer family offices, and institutional partners.
• **Trusted Advisory:**
• Serve as a high-touch advisor to the Principals and the IAC, translating complex private market dynamics and cross-asset strategies into actionable, high-conviction investment themes.
• **Operational Stewardship:**
• Provide strategic leadership as a "Player-Coach" to both the investment and operations teams, ensuring a seamless, institutional-grade lifecycle from deal execution to settlement and risk reporting.

The Profile: Visionary Leadership & Uncompromising Integrity

• **20+ Years of Distinguished Experience:**
• A proven career path with significant tenure as a front-office dealmaker or 'Hands-On LP' at a top-tier Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), elite Endowment/Pension, or Mega-Cap GP.
• **Private Markets Heavyweight:**
• 20+ years of deep, direct execution experience in Private Equity, Growth Equity, or Private Credit.
• You must possess active value-creation and co-investment experience (e.g., sitting on LPACs/boards, negotiating terms), coupled with the intellectual agility to oversee a broader multi-asset portfolio.
• **Unrivaled Global Network:**
• An established, "ready-to-use" rolodex of Partners and Heads at Tier-1 Global GPs, bringing proprietary co-investment and fund allocation flow to the family.
• **Leadership Gravitas:**
• Natural ability to lead a sizable multi-disciplinary team and the emotional intelligence to mentor highly experienced directors while partnering with very hands-on Principals.
• **Ethics & Discretion:**
• Demonstrates the highest level of ethical standards and absolute discretion—qualities essential for representing a prominent family in high-stakes negotiations and global markets.
• **Academic Excellence:**
• Advanced degree (Master’s or MBA) from a leading global institution (Tier-1 university pedigree); CFA or CAIA designations are highly preferred.
• *To explore this mandate, please submit your CV for a confidential discussion.
• Only shortlisted candidates of the highest caliber will be contacted.*