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Chief Operating Officer

San Francisco, CA, United States

The Mandate

One of Asia's fastest-growing financial services groups seeks a COO to own the full operating model across 11 markets as the business doubles headcount and enters three new geographies.

The Organization

Arctus Financial Group is a Singapore-headquartered financial services holding company with operating businesses in wealth management, lending, and digital payments across Southeast Asia. The group has 4,200 employees in 11 countries and has grown revenue from SGD 280M to SGD 890M over four years. It is backed by a consortium of sovereign wealth and strategic investors.

Search Context

Rapid expansion has created a need for an operationally exceptional COO who can bring structure, discipline, and scalability to a business moving at venture speed. The current COO is transitioning to an executive director role on the board as the group prepares for a potential IPO.

WHAT WE NEED

✦ Key Responsibilities.

More than responsibilities, the future of organizations that we take very seriously.

01

100% wanted

Strategy

Set and execute the group's five-year strategic plan in partnership with the board and investment committee.

02

90% wanted

Decisions

Lead capital allocation decisions across a €9.2B portfolio spanning five asset classes.

03

80% wanted

Representation

Represent the group to LP investors, regulators, and government stakeholders across European markets.

04

100% wanted

Transition

Drive the energy transition and digital infrastructure growth agenda as a proportion of AuM.

05

70% wanted

Build teams

Build and develop a 140-person investment and asset management team.

06

100% wanted

Fund reporting

Oversee full P&L and balance sheet, including fund reporting and LP relations.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

✦ Must have.

We are very picky. Only 1% of candidates gets chosen by our team members. It's because we serve the most demanding companies on the market.

✦ Proven CEO or equivalent P&L leadership in infrastructure investment or operations

✦ Direct experience managing LP relationships and institutional investor reporting

✦ Track record of organizational leadership at >€5B enterprise scale

✦ Deep knowledge of European infrastructure regulatory environments

✦ Fluent English; additional European language strongly preferred

CANDIDATE PROFILE

✦ Strongly Preferred.

We are very picky. Only 1% of candidates gets chosen by our team members. It's because we serve the most demanding companies on the market.

✦ Energy transition sector experience (renewable generation, grid, storage)

✦ Prior experience in a GP-LP fund structure

✦ Board-level credibility with sovereign wealth fund or pension fund LPs

✦ Experience in DACH, Benelux, or Nordic markets

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