Director - Capital Formation/ IR - AUS & HK
Connected Group ·www.connectedgroup.com
Apply directOur client is a specialist private-markets investment platform investing in infrastructure opportunities arising from digital transformation and the global energy transition.
They are seeking a senior capital-formation professional to lead institutional fundraising across Hong Kong, Greater China, and selected Asia-Pacific markets. You will own investor targeting, pipeline management, fundraising materials, conversion activity, and investor onboarding, working closely with senior investment leadership.
Responsibilities
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Build and manage a focused institutional-investor target list, relationship strategy, contact plan, and probability-weighted fundraising forecast.
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Lead prospective investors from introduction through diligence, subscription, and onboarding.
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Own investor presentations, DDQs, RFPs, data-room content, track-record materials, Q&A, and follow-up communications.
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Coordinate regional investor meetings and roadshows, ensuring senior management time is focused on priority opportunities.
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Maintain accurate CRM records covering investor activity, decision timelines, next actions, blockers, referrals, and conversion metrics.
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Ensure fundraising and marketing activity remains within relevant licensing, compliance, and cross-border regulatory requirements.
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Support ongoing investor communications and help develop repeatable investor-coverage processes.
Requirements
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10+ years’ experience in private-markets fundraising, institutional sales, placement, investor relations, or alternatives distribution.
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Referenceable experience personally raising capital, ideally including conversion of new or cornerstone institutional investors.
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Strong product knowledge in infrastructure, private credit, structured investments, real assets, renewables, or adjacent alternative strategies.
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Able to communicate investment structures, downside protections, and risk-return characteristics credibly to sophisticated institutional investors.
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Established relationships across Hong Kong, Greater China, and Asia-Pacific institutional-investor markets.
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Excellent English writing and presentation skills; Mandarin and/or Cantonese is advantageous.
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Highly organised, commercially minded, and disciplined in CRM, DDQ, and compliance processes.