SVP of Collinson Investments

Job Description

The Role

This is a senior investment leadership role at a pivotal moment for Collinson Investments, and the role is designed to maximise our strategic partnership with IDC Network through the Meridian Fund. The role acts as Collinson's investment subject-matter expert, sourcing, structuring and executing deals within Meridian's seed-to-growth mandate.

You will provide continuity and senior investment leadership while the Group focuses its investment activity through the Meridian Fund. The role is global in remit and centred on sourcing, relationship origination, investor development, board and investment-committee representation, and the mentoring of our investment professionals. The role is a peer to Serkan Elden (SVP, Collinson Investments) and Rodrigo Rodas (Managing Partner, Meridian Fund Management), and is heavily and continuously engaged in the fund's live pipeline and portfolio.

The fund: Collinson Group has partnered with A.Gain Capital (formerly IDC Ventures) to launch Meridian, a venture investment vehicle backing the rails and operators within the global Experience Economy. Meridian is targeting a $150 million investment vehicle backing the rails and operators beneath the global Experience Economy, a $7.8 trillion market spanning travel, live events, dining, recreation and membership, projected to reach $13.7 trillion by 2035.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as Senior Investment Principal on the Meridian Fund, providing continuity and senior investment leadership through the current phase of the Group's investment activity.
• Support the Meridian team on capital raising, including LP development and investor relationships, by presenting a credible, attributable personal investment track record (seed-to-growth, $5–10M tickets, 10–35% ownership), taking primary or co-lead responsibility for a defined share of the fund's deal pipeline.
• Originate and cultivate relationships with co-investors, family offices, institutions and strategic partners, representing Collinson Group as a Senior Investment Principal.
• Identify, develop and progress investment and partnership opportunities through personal networks and market presence.
• Provide senior counsel to leadership on investment thesis, market opportunities and capital-allocation options.
• Support the development of investment professionals within Collinson Investments.
• Contribute to the Group's investment thinking and to a high-performing, values-led investment culture.
• Work closely with the wider Corporate Development team.
• Coordinate closely with the Group Managing Director and the Collinson Investments leadership team.
• Provide counsel and opinion on the current portfolio of investments, including exit strategies and future analysis.
• Translate Collinson's operating assets (Priority Pass, Airport Dimensions, ValueDynamx and its Insurance businesses) into validation environments, pilot opportunities and distribution advantages for portfolio companies, ensuring Collinson's strategic interests are reflected in fund strategy.
• Prepare investment memoranda, Board papers and performance reporting for the Group Managing Director and the GP Board, ensuring the fund's activities meet institutional governance and reporting standards.

Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours

Essential

• A strong macro and strategic lens, with the judgement to shape investment thesis and direction across the experience economy, travel and adjacent financial-services ecosystems.
• Deep capital-markets and investor relationships across co-investors, family offices and institutions.
• Ability to speak deal-by-deal to capital deployed, ownership taken and returns delivered, rather than fund-level marks.
• A demonstrated track record of originating opportunities and cultivating high-value, long-term relationships.
• Experience contributing with credibility at board and investment-committee level.
• A collaborative, values-led approach; a supportive mentor to developing professionals; a global mindset with cross-border sensitivity.

Reward & Benefits: What's in it for me?

We want our people to feel recognised, supported and able to thrive both at work and beyond it.

We offer a competitive reward package designed to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing, alongside opportunities to learn, develop and be recognised for the contribution you make. Benefits vary by role and location, and full details will be shared as part of the application process.

Equal opportunities: Our commitment to inclusion

Collinson Group is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences, and believe that different perspectives make our business stronger.