Africa Political Risk & Structured Credit Leader

Marsh; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Marsh in Cape Town seeks a seasoned leader for the Political Risk and Structured Credit practice across Africa. You will drive growth, originate opportunities, and manage cross-border client engagements in a hybrid role requiring three days in the office.

You will leverage 8+ years in political risk or related fields, build senior relationships with peers and clients, and deliver end-to-end risk and insurance solutions across Africa while mentoring the team and collaborating with Marsh IMEA and

Qualifications

• At least 8 years’ experience in political risk, structured credit, trade credit, country risk, banking, investment, insurance or related field.
• Strong leadership or senior-management experience in a client-facing setting.
• Proven business-development, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
• Extensive network across African markets and London/UK financial services.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Political Risk and Structured Credit practice across Africa, aligning with Marsh IMEA and UK colleagues and global market relationships.
• Build and execute a multi-year growth strategy focused on business development, client origination, pipeline conversion and revenue growth.
• Develop senior relationships with private equity, banks, commodity traders, public agencies, multilaterals, and corporates across Africa.
• Design and deliver an end-to-end client proposition from origination and risk analysis to structuring, placement, claims support and renewal.
• Own the business-development agenda, originating and converting priority opportunities across key client segments.
• Manage revenue reporting, forecasting, annual budget planning, client retention and margin performance for the practice.
• Provide market intelligence, data analysis and thought leadership on political, regulatory, economic and credit developments in Africa.
• Drive collaboration and knowledge-sharing across the team and Marsh network, with training and development for colleagues.

Skills

Political risk

Structured credit

Trade credit

Country risk

Banking

Investment

Insurance

Leadership

Job description

Marsh in Cape Town seeks a seasoned leader for the Political Risk and Structured Credit practice across Africa. You will drive growth, originate opportunities, and manage cross-border client engagements in a hybrid role requiring three days in the office.

You will leverage 8+ years in political risk or related fields, build senior relationships with peers and clients, and deliver end-to-end risk and insurance solutions across Africa while mentoring the team and collaborating with Marsh IMEA and