Investment Director

Director – Investments (Private Capital / Special Situations)

Location:
Northern England (Hybrid with UK & European travel)

A leading alternative investment manager is expanding its European investment team and is seeking a Director to drive new deal origination and execution across Northern UK.

This is a high-impact role focused on sourcing proprietary opportunities, leading complex transactions, and building long-term relationships with sponsors, lenders, corporates, and advisory firms. The successful candidate will work closely with senior Partners to help scale European investment activity ahead of an upcoming fund deployment cycle.

The Director will play a key role in driving new investment activity across the UK and Europe for a growing alternative investment platform focused on complex credit, special situations, and structured capital solutions. Based in the North of England, the role combines origination leadership
, transaction execution
, and relationship development
, working closely with the European Partner team and Managing Partner.

This is a hands-on investment role with a strong mandate to build proprietary deal flow, lead transactions through execution, and contribute to the expansion of the European investment footprint ahead of the next fund deployment cycle.

Origination & Deal Generation

• Proactively source new investment opportunities across the UK but must be able to evident strong Northern network.
• Build and maintain relationships with financial sponsors, lenders, advisors, corporates, and intermediaries.
• Develop proprietary deal pipelines aligned with the firm’s investment strategy.
• Represent the firm in regional markets and industry forums.
• Lead deal evaluation, due diligence, financial analysis, and investment structuring.
• Drive negotiations with counter parties, advisors, and management teams.
• Prepare investment committee materials and present recommendations.
• Oversee transaction documentation and closing processes.
• Support portfolio company strategy, financing, and restructuring initiatives.
• Work with senior leadership to monitor portfolio performance and value creation plans.

Team & Platform Development

• Mentor junior investment analyst professionals.
• Contribute to building the firm’s presence outside London and across European markets.

Experience

• Typically 7–10+ years of experience in private equity, private credit, restructuring, special situations, or leveraged finance.
• Proven track record of leading transactions from origination through closing.
• Demonstrable success in building and converting proprietary deal flow.
• Experience working across UK and European markets.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong financial modelling and structuring capability.
• Commercial judgement in complex or distressed situations.
• Established network across sponsors, lenders, advisors, and corporate stakeholders.
• Ability to operate autonomously while collaborating with senior Partners.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Personal Characteristics

• Entrepreneurial and self-starting mindset.
• Comfortable working in a lean, high-performance environment.
• Willingness to travel regularly to London and key European markets.

• Primary base:
  North of England
• Regular travel to London
• Periodic travel across Europe for deal origination and execution

Extremely attractive and competitive six figure base salary plus bonus and carry interest.

Applying for the vacancy - either through Linked In attaching your CV or via enquiries

This role is being recruited exclusively by Catalyst Global Partners. All applications and enquiries should be directed through Catalyst Global Partners.