Head of Investor Relations - LHH

Overview

We are looking for an experienced Head of Investor Relations for a private equity firm based in Geneva, Switzerland. The role will lead the development and management of the firm’s worldwide investor engagement strategy, delivering top-tier service to investors, maintaining clear communications, ensuring regulatory compliance, and fostering strong connections between investor needs and the firm’s investment operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee investor engagement framework and relationship building with funding partners, including family offices, asset advisors, government investment funds, business leaders, and high-net-worth individuals.
• Create segmentation tactics, personalized interaction plans, and involvement structures for different investor types.
• Prospect sourcing, leveraging a trusted network to enhance access to capital in major regions.
• Oversee investor journey systems from initial outreach to integration, ongoing engagement, and exit, ensuring compliance with KYC, AML, FATCA, and CRS.
• Set up and refine mechanisms for managing investor authorizations, document sharing, virtual data rooms, filings and compliance milestones.
• Advocate for investor perspectives internally, ensuring their interests influence investment decisions, fund setups, governance and disclosures.
• Represent limited partners in investment reviews, deal oversight and organize advisory group participation.
• Design and implement a comprehensive communication approach: quarterly updates, financial and non‑financial reports, deal alerts, performance overviews, newsletters, strategy briefs and portfolio insights.
• Coordinate investor gatherings and communication schedule, including LP assemblies, asset reviews, investor conferences, online sessions and onsite tours.
• Provide ongoing interactions: scheduled calls, video materials, dynamic reports and tailored updates.
• Support due diligence and joint investment processes, including data rooms, review packages and alignment of inputs from relevant teams.
• Oversee joint investment offerings, allocations, documentation and reporting for co‑investments.
• Maintain a data hub of investor insights and response mechanisms to inform deal sourcing, asset assembly and capital‑raising plans.
• Innovate to enhance the investor experience beyond standard service levels.

Reporting Structure

The Head of Investor Relations reports to executive leadership and collaborates with the following teams:

• Deal sourcing teams – for capital-raising alignment.
• Deal execution teams – for review coordination and co‑investment facilitation.
• Legal and Compliance units – for onboarding, reporting standards and regulatory compliance.
• Marketing and Growth teams – for communication timelines and online content strategies.

Ideal Profile

• At least 10 years of experience in private equity, private credit or alternative investments, with strong leadership in global investor operations.
• Extensive network in the investor landscape, especially with family offices, sovereign funds, and high-net-worth individuals across Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
• Deep knowledge of fund design, governance, legal documents and compliance frameworks.
• Organised, adept at relationship management and capable of handling both high-level strategy and practical implementation.
• Drive, reliability and performance in high-stakes situations.

Seniority Level

Executive

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Finance and Sales

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