Private Markets European Investment Director

Private Markets European Investment Director – London. Mercer Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

As the growth of Mercer’s Delegated Solutions business accelerates, an exciting opportunity has emerged to join the Alternatives Investment Director team. The team manages the >$40bn private market and hedge fund mandates through the Mercer platform and advises on over $170bn of mandates globally. The primary role of the Investment Director team is to support European clients with allocations to private markets, including strategic advice on allocations to each private market asset class, as well as ongoing review and management of private market commitments. Reporting to the Alternatives Investment Leader for Europe, the Investment Director supports discussions with European clients and prospects regarding portfolio construction and manager selection, and supports implementation discussions across a variety of private market asset classes."

• Work closely with our team of Alternative Investment Directors and Private Market Asset Class teams to deliver advice and solutions to clients and prospects across Europe
• Liaise with asset class teams to track new themes and opportunities in Private Markets and engage with asset managers for their latest views and portfolio positioning
• Support the delivery of bespoke fund solutions to clients and prospects, particularly to the Wealth Management segment
• Support our sales and consulting colleagues in the marketing and communication of our private markets capabilities
• Support large client relationships across Europe and deliver advice on asset allocation, commitment sizing, portfolio planning and manager selection, including leading investment performance reviews and educational training

• A wealth of investment management or senior investment consulting experience in a client-facing role
• Experience as an investment consultant with private market expertise is preferable
• Experience working with the Wealth Management segment is a plus but not a requirement
• Strong communication and presentation skills with a background in managing large client relationships, ideally in private markets
• Experience leading strategic, commercial and implementation discussions with clients
• Ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues in multiple jurisdictions
• CFA, CAIA (or equivalent investment qualification)

• Strong communication skills
• Proven ability to learn a new asset class
• Any prior experience advising clients on allocations to private markets
• Professional, disciplined and proactive approach to work
• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Thoughtful approach to problem solving and proactive attitude

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.

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