Executive Director, Investments — Partner Track

FGI Group Holdings; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 300,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Board seat

Equity participation

Unlimited earnings potential

Founder-friendly environment

Job summary

FGI Capital in Lisbon seeks an Executive Director, Investments — Partner Track to build the next chapter of the firm. You will originate and structure cross-border opportunities, manage Asia-Europe investor relationships, and own investment strategy with autonomy.

You must have 10+ years in related fields and be ready to relocate to Lisbon. Fluent English is required; Portuguese and Mandarin are a plus. A founder-friendly, fast-moving environment awaits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in private equity, real estate, venture capital or asset management within a regulated fund manager.
• Experience originating and closing deals and raising capital is preferred.
• Ability to design with regulation, not just comply with it.
• Based in or willing to move to Lisbon; CMVM fit-and-proper knowledge is a plus.
• Fluency in English; Portuguese is preferred and Mandarin is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Build strategies to bring Asian capital into Europe (Portuguese real-estate vehicles, cross-border investments).
• Attract European capital into Asia (growth-stage, pre-IPO, co-investments).
• Manage investor relationships across continents and attract capital.
• Lead the investment engine: origination, structuring, execution and investment committee leadership.
• Shape the firm’s processes, governance and reputation as a regulated manager.

Skills

Deal origination

Fund management experience

Regulatory compliance knowledge

English fluency

Job description

Executive Director, Investments — Partner Track

FGI Capital · Lisbon

Build your own platform, without starting from zero.

Many of the best investment professionals we know have thought about leaving to start their own firm. Most never do. The licence takes years. The first fund needs a track record, the first investors need a brand, and the first two years need capital that most people don’t have.

We have already built that part. What we are looking for is the person who builds what comes next.

What is already in place

• A CMVM licence and working regulated infrastructure: governance, compliance, risk management and fund operations
• Funds under management, and new vehicles in the pipeline
• A collaboration with Fosun on our FUTURE fund series, alongside strategic partnerships in Asia
• Long-standing senior relationships across Hong Kong, mainland China and wider Asia, bringing a flow of growth-stage and pre-IPO technology opportunities
• Distribution reaching private investors, family offices and wealth managers across Asia and Europe
• Real-estate, development and execution capability on the ground in Portugal
• The dominant player in Golden Visa fund market in the greater China area.

Built on Real. Driven by Vision.

The mandate

One seat on our Board, with one mandate: build the next chapter of FGI Capital. That means new strategies beyond Golden Visa, new investors and new partners, in both directions between Asia and Europe.

This is not a role for managing what already exists. It is a mandate to create what doesn’t exist yet, and to own a share of it.

What you will build

• Strategies that bring Asian capital into Europe: Portuguese real-estate vehicles (including SICAFI) and cross-border industrial investment
• Strategies that bring European capital into Asia: growth-stage, pre-IPO and co-investment opportunities sourced through our network
• Investor relationships on both continents, and the capital that comes with them
• The investment engine: origination, structuring, execution and investment committee leadership
• The firm itself: the team, the processes and the reputation of a regulated manager

Who you are

• You have 10+ years in private equity, real estate, venture capital or asset management, and you have worked inside a regulated fund manager. You know how one really runs.
• You have originated and closed deals, and ideally you have raised capital.
• You think like an owner. You know regulation well enough to design with it, not just comply with it.
• You have wanted to build something of your own, and you are ready to commit to it full-time and exclusively.
• You are eligible for CMVM fit-and-proper approval, based in or ready to move to Lisbon, and fluent in English. Portuguese is preferred. Experience investing in Asia, or with European investors allocating to Asia, is a strong plus, as is Mandarin.

What you get

• A Board seat from day one, with real autonomy over the strategies you lead
• An ownership path: equity participation that grows with the business you build
• A direct share of what you create: management fees, carried interest and deal economics on the strategies and capital you bring
• No ceiling: for someone who builds at scale, total earnings over a fund cycle can reach seven figures
• A founder who decides fast and backs his partners
• A fixed package that covers your life while you build