Principal Investment Officer

The Principal Investment Officer leads business lines within the Project and Corporate Finance Clients Department, originating and executing investment projects in infrastructure finance. The role involves structuring financing solutions, leading project teams, conducting due diligence, and managing internal stakeholders to support AIIB's mission of sustainable infrastructure investment.

Responsibilities

• Lead one or more of the department's business lines in meeting its target goals.
• Originate and execute investment projects.
• Identify, assess, and structure investment opportunities and maintain a strong project pipeline for relevant sectors and geographies.
• Lead project teams of legal, technical, and safeguard specialists to conduct the due diligence of investment proposals for internal investment committees.
• Conduct research on projects and clients.
• Arrange, prepare, and lead for client meetings, including preparing presentations, memos, and reports.
• Support internal Bank coordination through information exchanges and teamwork with relevant Bank units.
• Support the department's team and management in achieving their targets and objectives.
• Manage key internal stakeholders and the AIIB project approval process, ensuring that projects comply with AIIB's policies and strategies.
• Work as a team player and support management in achieving its targets and objectives.
• Perform ad hoc tasks assigned by the department's management.

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years of experience in the field of infrastructure finance in a top-tier commercial, investment, or multilateral development bank.
• Master's degree or equivalent in business, finance, economics, or related fields.
• Extensive experience in structuring comprehensive financing solutions across products using debt (especially project finance), mezzanine, guarantees, etc.
• Strong analytical, credit, and financial modeling skills.
• Experience in global project finance markets.
• Experience in developing economies would be an advantage.
• Proficient oral and written communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of a language of a region in which AIIB invests would be an advantage.

Skills

• Infrastructure Finance
• Project Financing
• Investment Banking
• Multilateral Development Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Credit Analysis
• Debt Instrument Structuring
• Mezzanine Financing
• Guarantees Structuring
• Global Project Finance Markets
• Due Diligence
• Investment Project Origination
• Stakeholder Management
• Business Line Leadership
• Sustainable Infrastructure Investment

Languages

English