Assistant Vice President/Vice President, Investment Stewardship

Temasek Holdings; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm in Singapore seeks an experienced professional to lead its investment stewardship initiatives. The successful candidate will advocate for corporate governance practices and enhance engagements with portfolio companies. Requirements include a bachelor's degree in a related field and at least six years of experience in corporate governance or asset management. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on investment outcomes and to collaborate with stakeholders for long-term value creation.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 6 years of experience in corporate governance, banking, consulting or investing/asset management roles.
• Strong grounding in equity markets, valuation, and investment analysis.
• Knowledge of corporate governance regulations and standards across different regions is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive and execute on the investment stewardship strategy advocating for good corporate governance.
• Develop strong professional networks with corporate governance thought leaders and investors.
• Track best practices in corporate governance and capital markets trends.
• Collaborate to drive effective portfolio company engagement.

Skills

Corporate governance expertise

Strong communication skills

Investment analysis

Valuation knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in law, business, finance, or related field

Job description

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Location: Singapore, SG, 238891

Group: Others

Department: Investment Stewardship

Section: Investment Stewardship

Job Type: Permanent

Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S$434 billion (US$324 billion, €299 billion, £250 billion, and RMB2.35 trillion) as at 31 March 2025. Marking our unlisted assets to market would provide S$35 billion of value uplift and bring our mark to market net portfolio value to S$469 billion.

Our Purpose “So Every Generation Prospers” guides us to make a difference for today’s and future generations.

Operating on commercial principles, we seek to deliver sustainable returns over the long term.

We have 13 offices in 9 countries around the world: Beijing, Hanoi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore in Asia; and Brussels, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, DC outside Asia.

Investment Stewardship plays an important role in driving long term capital value across Temasek’s investments in two ways.

First, we advance robust governance policy, practice and engagement across our Temasek portfolio companies.

Second, we engage investment market participants relevant for our portfolio companies, translating insights into sustainable value outcomes.

We work closely with portfolio management and boards on various matters such as voting, board governance, risk management, investor relations and capital markets positioning.

Responsibilities

• Drive and execute on the investment stewardship strategy to (i) advocate for good corporate governance practices, (ii) expand investor engagements and (iii) enhance our engagement model with portfolio companies.
• Develop strong professional networks across corporate governance thought leaders, proxy advisors, global investors, sell‑side analysts and portfolio companies.
• Track best practices and emerging corporate governance and capital markets trends to better advise Temasek and assess our portfolio companies vs. market landscape.
• Extract market insights from market participants, distill implications to portfolio companies’ strategies, and ideate value‑creation opportunities for our portfolio companies.
• Collaborate across Temasek to drive a holistic effort for effective portfolio company engagement and capital value creation.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in law, business, finance, or a related field.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience in corporate governance, banking, consulting or investing/asset management roles.
• Strong grounding in equity markets, valuation and investment analysis is a priority.
• Knowledge of the corporate governance regulations and standards in Asia, America and Europe (including proxy advisor practices and guidelines) is preferred.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information and convey it in a clear and concise manner to senior‑level audiences.
• Team player; ability to work independently and also collaboratively with various stakeholders.

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