Executive (Business Integrity), Responsible Investing

About BII

British International Investment (BII) is the UK’s leading development finance institution, wholly owned by the UK Government. Our primary mission is to address global development challenges through strategic investments that promote sustainable and inclusive economic growth.

BII focuses on catalysing economic development, creating jobs, and building resilient economies in some of the world's most complex and underserved markets. We invest in businesses and projects that prioritise inclusive development, environmental sustainability, and innovation.

Our approach is characterised by rigorous investment standards, high governance principles, and a commitment to delivering measurable development impact. Our team consists of highly skilled and passionate professionals dedicated to making a tangible difference globally.

We foster a collaborative and intellectually stimulating work environment that values curiosity, innovation, and professional growth. Our culture balances high performance with a strong emphasis on wellbeing, ensuring our employees can achieve their full potential while contributing to our mission.

BII at a glance:

Over 75 years supporting sustainable business growth in developing and emerging markets

More than £9.9 billion in net assets

1,600+ businesses invested in

950,000+ workers in the businesses we support

650+ people in our diverse global team

3 key development objectives: Productive | Sustainable | Inclusive

Overview

The Responsible Investing (RI) team sits within the Impact Group and plays a crucial role in reinforcing BII’s reputation as a responsible investor. The team ensures BII meets its regulatory commitments and drives higher standards in financial crime risk management, corporate governance, and environmental and social practices across the private sector.

The RI Team is structured into three sector teams aligning with our investment pillars: Financial Services (FSG), Infrastructure & Climate (I&C), and Industries, Technology & Services (ITS). It is made up of Business Integrity (BI), Corporate Governance and Environmental & Social (ES) specialists, focusing on the management of a range of risk-related topics. The team collaborates closely with investment colleagues to ensure BII’s Policy for Responsible Investment (PRI) is effectively applied throughout all transactions and portfolio companies. The RI team is responsible for shaping and operationalising the PRI, ensuring it remains fit for purpose in BII’s investment activities. With professionals based in the UK, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, the team manages investment assessments, portfolio oversight, capacity building, issues management, and market-shaping initiatives that drive improved responsible investing standards and add value across BII’s portfolio.

An Executive in BII’s RI Sector team will have a direct reporting line to a Manager.

Purpose

An Executive in an RI sector team will lead the Responsible Investing workstream for both pipeline and portfolio stage transactions. This will include supporting the operationalising of the PRI requirements, fostering a positive team culture, contributing to professional development of team members, thought leadership and market shaping work. Further details on the role are below.

Responsibilities

Transactional Leadership & Oversight

• Lead and conduct business integrity due diligence for pipeline and portfolio investments, providing clear analysis and recommendations to investment teams and senior management.
• Serve as a key liaison between the RI and Investment teams, interpreting and operationalising BII’s Policy for Responsible Investment (PRI) with a particular focus on BI and corporate governance but also some latitude to look at E&S issues.
• Monitor the portfolio for integrity issues, supporting relationship management with investees and fund managers.
• Escalate material risks or incidents as appropriate, ensuring robust risk management and compliance.
• Begin to identify and articulate macro trends affecting either BI&CG or E&S risk management/standards and BII’s broader investment approach

Operational Support & Issues Management

• Support the development and implementation of internal BI and corporate governance policies and procedures.
• Respond to significant BI-related issues (e.g., financial crime, governance failures, conflicts of interest) in collaboration with team leads and compliance functions.
• Maintain accurate data and records in line with internal procedural requirements.

 Stakeholder Engagement & Thought Leadership

• Participate in relevant industry conferences and forums, and share knowledge and insights across the RI team as relevant.
• Support and contribute to thought leadership in RI themes across target geographies as needed.
• Provide either Subject Matter Expertise (SME) or thought leadership as required by RI team strategy.
• Collaborate with the Head of RI, Team Heads and Managers, and relevant stakeholders on strategically important initiatives, ensuring commercially relevant and precedent-setting positions are well articulated.

Training & Knowledge Sharing

• Contribute to the design and delivery of RI training for internal teams and external investees.
• Support the development of briefing materials, case studies and other materials that showcase how E&S or BI&CG business practices contribute to commercial and impact success.

Develop broader cross disciplinary RI understanding

• Develop cross disciplinary RI competencies via learning by doing, formal and informal internal and external training, and proactive engagement with others in RI team.
• Provide opportunities for others to develop competencies across different RI disciplines.

Regional Element

• Support/coordinate RI inputs to regional strategies and investment pipeline. on occasion, meeting with prospective investees to introduce BII’s RI requirements and value creation approach.
• Actively manage relationships with key internal local stakeholders (e.g. investment deal leads), and external consultants and investees as required. Investee relationships may be held across all sectors (FSG, I&C and ITS).
• Develop knowledge of local regulations, trends, listing requirements, industry associations, sustainability/compliance headwinds and market intelligence and regularly share with RI team.
• Support thought-leadership by providing contextual inputs; attend/speak at relevant conferences and events and share knowledge with RI team.
• Foster a strong team culture and act as a culture carrier for RI team.

Background, skills, aptitude

Essential Skills & Experience

• Significant experience in identifying, assessing, and addressing financial crime and integrity risks, preferably within private equity, banking, or development finance in Africa.
• Strong understanding of corporate governance frameworks and operational/ political risks in Kenya and the region.
• Proven ability to conduct financial crime-focused research and due diligence, both remotely and onsite.
• Knowledge of UK and international regulatory requirements (AML/CFT, anti-bribery, corruption).
• Excellent research, analytical, and report-writing skills.
• University degree (postgraduate qualification preferred) in a relevant discipline.

Technical Skills

• Knowledge of internal control frameworks and techniques in one or more of anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, counter terrorism financing, sanctions, and/or fraud prevention risks.
• Knowledge of and experience with international legislation or standards to address money laundering, terrorist financing, and/or corruption.
• Experience in delivering financial crime prevention/management solutions to a wide range of clients.
• Experience in developing and evaluating financial crime compliance programmes and risk assessment frameworks.
• In-depth knowledge of BII’s target geographies and/or priority sectors of investment.

Leadership & Influence

• Proven track record in contributing to strategic initiatives and thought leadership on topics related to BI&CG or E&S in BII’s markets of investment.
• Able to influence and steer senior business leaders on aspects of responsible investing and impact value drivers.
• Effective negotiation skills, including the ability to be persuasive as well as to listen and pragmatically identify when compromise is required.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage and prioritise a busy and diverse workload with a range of deliverables for a variety of stakeholders.

Risk Management

• Experience in identifying and proposing solutions to complex risks/issues management related BI&CG or E&S topics in investments and demonstrating ability to support broader reputational risk assessments.
• Able to identify the sources and drivers of RI risks (e.g. financial crime, regulatory risks, human rights) and to develop and implement prevention and management solutions of such risks.

Communication & Presentation

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, including report writing, use of PowerPoint and diagrams to present information in a concise format.

Personal Attributes

• Comfortable with the imperfect and able to draw on prior experience to navigate complexity.
• Able to think critically and consider priorities and proportionality when proposing approaches or solutions
• Enjoy working as part of a team, collaborating and coordinating where appropriate.
• Able to support and mentor colleagues, as well as to take on board feedback and advice
• Flexible and agile work style, with the ability to work on multiple workstreams/topic areas as required
• Strong team player who enjoys working as part of a close team and is willing to collaborate and support the team on a variety of different initiatives and tasks
• Demonstrable alignment with BII’s mandate, mission, and values.

Our cultural values

We look for team members who aspire, as we do, to work at our best and to be:

• Impact-led, commercially rigorous
• Tenacious in the face of challenges
• Collaborative and caring

British International Investment is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background. 

Please provide a cover letter with your application

Salary: Competitive