UK-GCC Private Capital
Director Business Development London United Kingdom
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About the Job
Director of UK Business Development
London, United Kingdom | UK-GCC Private Capital
About UK-GCC Private Capital
UK-GCC Private Capital is a London-based strategic platform for LPs and GPs, private equity firms, sovereign wealth funds, venture capital, family offices, institutional investors, investment funds, real estate investors, and growth-driven businesses across the UK, GCC, and international markets.
Through our investment summits, membership platform, investor network, and strategic relationships, we create opportunities for capital formation, investment, partnerships, and cross-border business.
The Role
UK-GCC Private Capital is seeking an exceptional Director of UK Business Development to lead commercial growth, capital formation, and strategic relationship development across the United Kingdom.
This is a senior, revenue-focused role for a highly connected and entrepreneurial business development professional with strong relationships across the UK's private capital, investment, real estate, wealth management, and financial services ecosystem.
The Director will be responsible for originating and converting high-value opportunities across:
- Fundraising mandates for UK Businesses
- Annual corporate and institutional memberships
- Investment Summit sponsorships
- Real Estate Exhibition participation
- Strategic and commercial partnerships
- Investor and institutional relationships
- Cross-border UK-GCC investment opportunities
- Real estate project and investment opportunities
The successful candidate must be capable of engaging directly with CEOs, founders, CIOs, managing partners, investment directors, heads of capital formation, investor relations professionals, and other senior decision-makers.
This is not a traditional sales role. We are looking for an individual who can open doors, build trusted C-suite relationships, originate opportunities, negotiate commercial agreements, and convert relationships into measurable revenue.
Key Responsibilities
Business Development
- Develop and execute UK-GCC Private Capital's business development strategy across the United Kingdom.
- Build and manage a high-value pipeline of prospective clients, members, sponsors, exhibitors, investors, and strategic partners.
- Originate new revenue opportunities across private capital, real estate, financial services, wealth management, technology, infrastructure, energy transition, and other investment sectors.
- Lead senior-level meetings, presentations, proposals, and commercial negotiations.
- Develop relationships with major UK corporates, investment firms, financial institutions, and professional services organizations.
- Identify opportunities to expand existing commercial relationships.
- Develop measurable revenue targets and maintain a disciplined commercial pipeline.
- Provide regular reporting on opportunities, conversions, revenues, and market intelligence.
Capital Formation
A core part of the mandate will be identifying businesses, investment managers, funds, and real estate opportunities seeking institutional and private capital.
The Director will:
- Originate capital-raising and capital formation mandates.
- Develop relationships with private equity, private credit, venture capital, infrastructure, and real estate investment managers.
- Identify UK businesses and investment opportunities seeking access to GCC and international capital.
- Facilitate introductions to relevant family offices, sovereign investors, investment funds, and institutional capital.
- Support fundraising discussions, investor engagement, and strategic introductions.
- Identify opportunities for equity, private credit, co-investment, joint ventures, and other investment structures.
- Build long-term relationships with clients beyond individual transactions.
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Membership Development
The Director will lead the growth of UK-GCC Private Capital's annual membership base within the United Kingdom.
Target organizations will include:
- Private equity and private credit firms
- Venture capital firms
- Asset and investment managers
- Family offices
- Wealth management businesses
- Banks and financial institutions
- Real estate developers and investment companies
- Infrastructure and energy businesses
- Technology and growth companies
- Professional and advisory firms
- Other organizations seeking access to UK-GCC private capital relationships
The Director will identify suitable organizations, engage senior decision-makers, present the membership proposition, and convert qualified prospects into long-term members.
Investment Summits
The Director will play a major commercial role in the growth of the UK-GCC Private Capital Investment Summits in London.
Responsibilities include:
- Secure leading UK and international organizations as sponsors, exhibitors, delegates, and strategic partners.
- Recruit real estate developers, investment managers, and project owners to participate in the Real Estate Exhibition.
- Develop relationships with organizations seeking direct access to private capital and institutional investors.
- Secure commercial participation through sponsorships, exhibition packages, memberships, and strategic partnerships.
- Identify appropriate senior executives for speaking and thought-leadership opportunities.
- Develop long-term commercial relationships with participating organizations beyond individual summits.
UK-GCC Cross-Border Opportunities
Originate investment and commercial opportunities connecting UK businesses and investment managers with GCC capital.
Build relationships with UK organizations seeking expansion into Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman.
Identify opportunities involving capital raising, investment, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and market entry.
Connect appropriate UK opportunities with UK-GCC Private Capital's international investor network.
Develop strategic relationships with organizations supporting UK-GCC trade, investment, and capital flows.
Represent UK-GCC Private Capital at relevant conferences, investment meetings, and industry events.
Strategic Relationship & Account Management
Build trusted, long-term relationships with members, sponsors, investors, developers, and institutional partners.
Maintain senior-level engagement with key accounts.
Identify opportunities to increase revenue and deepen relationships across the platform.
Ensure strategic partners and members receive ongoing commercial value.
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Maintain accurate CRM records, prospect information, and revenue pipelines.
Act as a senior ambassador for UK-GCC Private Capital in the UK market.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for a commercially driven and highly credible UK business development professional who already possesses a strong network within the investment and business community.
Essential Experience
- Strong track record in business development, capital formation, investment, real estate, financial services, wealth management, asset management, private markets, or a closely related sector.
- Established network of senior decision-makers across the United Kingdom.
- Demonstrated ability to originate and close high-value commercial opportunities.
- Experience engaging with private equity firms, investment funds, family offices, institutional investors, real estate businesses, banks, wealth managers, and/or major corporates.
- Ability to engage confidently with CEOs, founders, CIOs, managing partners, and other senior executives.
- Experience developing new markets, client relationships, and revenue pipelines.
- Strong commercial negotiation and relationship-management capabilities.
- Understanding of private capital, investment, and cross-border business.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Entrepreneurial approach and ability to operate independently.
- Strong commercial judgement with a demonstrable record of generating measurable revenue.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 12–24 months, the Director will be expected to:
- Build a substantial UK commercial and capital formation pipeline.
- Generate significant new revenue for UK-GCC Private Capital.
- Secure new annual corporate and institutional members.
- Originate capital-raising and investment mandates.
- Secure sponsors and exhibitors for UK-GCC Private Capital Investment Summits.
- Bring leading real estate developers and investment businesses into the Real Estate Exhibition.
- Establish relationships with major UK investment funds, family offices, private equity firms, wealth managers, and institutional investors.
- Generate new UK-GCC cross-border investment and commercial opportunities.
- Develop long-term strategic partnerships.
- Increase UK-GCC Private Capital's profile and market presence across the United Kingdom.
Location
London, United Kingdom
The role will involve regular senior-level meetings and attendance at investment, private capital, real estate, and financial services events.
Apply
If you are a high-performing UK business development professional with an established network across private capital, investment, real estate, wealth management, or financial services, we would like to hear from you.
Please apply with your CV and a short covering statement outlining:
- Your existing UK network
- Your business development and revenue-generation track record
- Your experience in capital formation or private markets
- The types of organizations and senior relationships you could bring to UK-GCC Private Capital
UK-GCC Private Capital is an equal opportunities organization and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experience.
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