About Us

Our client is the UK’s development finance institution, owned by the UK Government. They invest with the aim of solving the biggest global development challenges by investing patient, flexible capital to support private sector growth and innovation. They have over 70 years of experience successfully supporting the sustainable, long-term growth of businesses in Africa and Asia, and have recently expanded to invest in the Indo-Pacific and Caribbean. They invest to achieve impact and a financial return which is then reinvested for more impact. Over the past five years, they have committed almost £7 billion of new investments, with their net assets growing in value to approximately £7.5 billion. They are now invested in 1,200 businesses, which directly employ over 900,000 workers and support many more. Over the next five years, they plan to grow further, and aim to commit around £9 billion of new investments over the period. Their new five-year strategy responds to the opportunities and challenges facing developing and emerging economies. To ensure capital is used in the best way possible to meet these opportunities and challenges, it sets out three clear strategic objectives – to invest in productive, sustainable and inclusive development. These objectives mean an increased focus on climate finance, including investing in green infrastructure; on financing digital transformation; and on driving inclusive outcomes, including through gender and diversity finance. In the last few years, we have expanded our presence in Africa and Asia by opening new offices in Bangladesh, Egypt, Kenya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan and Ghana; with additional locations opening soon. They take an entrepreneurial approach to investment, thinking innovatively about ways to deploy capital, attract, and mobilize other investors, and drive transformational impact. They are a growing team of over 500 and place immense value on diversity within our organization. We look for team members who aspire, as we do, to work at our best and to be: • Impact-led, commercially rigorous • Tenacious in the face of challenges • Collaborative and caring Our client is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.