Managing Director | Infrastructure and Real Assets | Strategic Communications | London
About The Role
We are looking for a senior corporate affairs professional to join our firm and take our advice and reach for infrastructure investors in EMEA to the next level.This is an exciting opportunity for you to deploy your full corporate affairs toolkit, including corporate and financial communications, public policy advocacy, corporate governance, and investor relations to help senior clients in high‑pressured situations use stakeholder engagement as a means to influence change.
What You’ll Do
Own Your Advice
- Expert in at least two corporate affairs disciplines, with an established market reputation for expertise.
- Proven experience advising financial institutions and/or the regulated industries through high‑change situations.
- Deep infrastructure sector knowledge including the policy and regulatory changes impacting investor appetite and stakeholder sentiment.
Deliver for Clients
- Track and spot emerging market trends that could impact clients’ license to operate in the UK and across EMEA.
- Create multichannel stakeholder influence and advocacy campaigns for clients in response to specific commercial challenges and emerging market trends.
- Oversee the development and drafting of key client materials by interdisciplinary teams, setting standards for analytical rigor including by using the firm’s AI tools.
- Lead client counsel at the highest levels with authority and influence, delivering clear advice to senior decision‑makers with an expert grasp of technical subject matter.
- Proactively manage and grow the strength of existing client relationships over time, cementing the firm’s network and connectivity with clients at all levels alongside colleagues.
Build the Business
- Adopt a systematic approach to growing existing FTI client relationships by proving value‑add advice integrated with existing service lines and relationships.
- Independently own a business development and service marketing plan which targets an emerging network of your own commercial relationships and expanding that network over time to include other buyers of FTI’s services within the infrastructure sector.
- Lead the drafting and development of commercial proposals for integrated advice showing pricing discipline in line with the firm’s commercial objectives.
- As industry trends evolve, innovate the firm’s service offer within Strategic Communications to help maintain a market‑leading value proposition.
Grow the Team
- Proactively upskill and mentor members of the team across a matrixed workforce.
- Set the standard for commercial excellence by overseeing revenue growth and managing profitability measures for the firm.
- Be an ambassador for the firm in industry circles, including with relevant financial and technical advisers and legal counsel by managing an active referral network.
- Represent your part of the business with other parts of the firm, actively participating in firm‑wide commercial and talent development initiatives.
How You’ll Grow
We are committed to investing and supporting you in your professional development and we have developed a range of programmes focused on fostering leadership, growth and development opportunities. We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on‑the‑job learning, self‑guided professional development courses and certifications.
Basic Qualifications
- Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications
- A Postgraduate in business or related field would be great but not essential.
Benefits
Our goal is to support the wellbeing of you and your families—physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer market competitive benefits, including professional development programme, wellness, recognition, community volunteering initiatives, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
Equal Opportunity Employer
FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.
United Kingdom-England-London
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