As a leading institutional investor with a flexible mandate and significant long-term capital to deploy, ADIC combines deep investment expertise with advanced data, analytics and pioneering AI-enabled capabilities that enhance underwriting, portfolio monitoring and investment decision-making. Our investment professionals benefit from access to a global network of leading partners, advisers and industry experts, enabling differentiated origination, execution and asset management capabilities across global markets.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Principal, European Infrastructure to join our growing Real Assets Department. The successful candidate will play a leading role in sourcing, evaluating, executing and managing investments across European infrastructure markets while contributing to the continued development of one of the region's leading sovereign investment organizations. The role focuses on minority direct investments alongside partners, co-investments and other private infrastructure opportunities. We invest in both large-cap and mid-cap assets, spanning greenfield and brownfield, across core-plus and value-add strategies.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the origination, evaluation, structuring, negotiation and execution of European infrastructure investments.
• Source and originate opportunities across digital infrastructure, conventional power, renewable energy, transportation and related sectors.
• Drive origination through relationships with sponsors, corporates, fund managers, advisers and management teams.
• Lead Investment Committee discussions and present recommendations to Senior Management and Investment Committees.
• Lead due diligence, valuation, structuring, negotiation, documentation and closing processes.
• Monitor portfolio investments and support value creation and asset management initiatives.
• Contribute to portfolio construction, capital allocation and broader Real Assets strategy.
• Mentor junior professionals and support development of the European infrastructure platform.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant investment experience.
• Demonstrable buyside direct infrastructure investing experience is essential.
• Experience across core-plus and value-add infrastructure strategies, including greenfield and brownfield assets.
• A proven recent track record of originating, leading and successfully completing European infrastructure transactions is mandatory. Candidates must demonstrate meaningful responsibility for transaction sourcing, underwriting, Investment Committee approval, execution and closing.
• Deep understanding of European infrastructure markets and investment dynamics.
• Experience leading complex transaction processes from origination through execution and ongoing asset management.
• Advanced financial modelling, valuation and investment analysis capabilities.
• Strong commercial judgement and investment decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and leadership capabilities.

Benefits

• Direct access to senior leadership and investment decision-makers.
• Exposure to high-profile large-cap and mid-cap infrastructure transactions across Europe.
• Access to a global network of partners, advisers, industry experts and co-investors.
• The opportunity to influence investment strategy, portfolio construction and capital allocation decisions.
• A technology-enabled investment platform investing heavily in data, analytics and AI-enabled tools.