Senior Vice President - Family Office (Private Investments)

About the role

AHS is recruiting a Senior Vice President for its Family Office in Dubai, responsible for leading the Family Office and managing the principal's private investment portfolio. The role sets and executes the investment strategy, preserves and grows wealth across generations, and ensures the Family Office operates with institutional-grade governance, risk management and reporting. It is a full-time position.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Investment Policy Statement and set strategic and tactical asset allocation across public markets, private equity, venture capital, private credit, real estate and hedge funds, recommending rebalancing.
• Source, evaluate and execute direct investments, co-investments and fund commitments in the UAE and internationally, leading due diligence, deal structuring and exits.
• Oversee portfolio performance against benchmarks, select and monitor external fund managers and private banks, and manage liquidity and capital calls.
• Work with legal, tax and fiduciary advisers on holding structures, foundations, trusts and SPVs (e.g. in DIFC or ADGM), and support succession planning and family governance.
• Run the Investment Committee, implement a risk management framework and ensure compliance with UAE corporate tax, economic substance, UBO, CRS and FATCA, and with KYC and anti-money laundering rules.
• Maintain arm's-length separation between the family's private investments and AHS Group companies, and deliver monthly and quarterly reporting to the Principal.
• Manage relationships with private banks, custodians and asset managers, and build, lead and develop the Family Office investment and finance team.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business or a related field; MBA, CFA or CAIA strongly preferred.
• Minimum 15 years' experience in investment management, private equity, investment banking or a single- or multi-family office, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Senior experience at a tier-one global financial institution such as J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, UBS, Barclays or a comparable bank, private bank or asset manager.
• Proven track record managing a multi-asset portfolio and executing direct private investments.
• Experience working directly with a Principal or ultra-high-net-worth family in the GCC.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of wealth structuring, family governance and the UAE regulatory and tax environment (DIFC, ADGM).
• Real estate investment expertise and an established network of private banks, fund managers and co-investors.