Head of Real Estate Fund Governance

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.

The Role:

The  Head of Real Estate Fund Governance is a senior management role responsible for leading and overseeing fund governance and company secretarial activities globally. The role provides leadership to global fund company secretarial teams, driving a consistent operating model, governance framework and service delivery approach across Real Estate.

As a senior member of local leadership team, the role is accountable for fostering strong governance standards, enhancing collaboration across regions, and leading organisational change initiatives that support effective and sustainable growth. The role champions a culture of excellence, accountability and continuous improvement while developing the capability of teams and future leaders.

This is an excellent time to join a highly successful Real Estate team in a newly established leadership role. Providing the opportunity enhance operational excellence and play a key role in the next phase of the teams growth and evolution.

Main Responsibilities:

- Lead and oversee global Real Estate fund governance and company secretarial activities of complex Real Estate structures across the UK, Europe and Asia.
- Provide leadership to fund company secretarial teams globally, ensuring effective governance, regulatory compliance and operational excellence.
- Ensure that a comprehensive company secretariat and corporate governance service is provided to the Real Estate related fund/SPV boards and M&G Real Estate board committees, and other boards/committees, as required.
- Develop and implement operating model enhancements that promotes consistency, scalability and collaboration across regions. Drive digital enablement.
- Drive organisational change initiatives to simplify processes, improve effectiveness and create greater alignment across teams.
- Hold and discharge responsibilities associated with Luxembourg and where required, European directorships, ensuring appropriate governance standards and fiduciary obligations are met.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships with the corporate company secretarial teams globally, ensuring efficient operating practices and a culture of knowledge sharing and collaboration across all jurisdictions.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, boards, regulators and business leaders to support effective governance outcomes.
- Act as a member of the local senior management team, acting as a senior escalation point and contributing to strategic decision-making and business planning.
- Contribute to commercial growth by leading further commercialisation of fund governance and company secretarial services to funds/mandates.
- Establish and maintain governance frameworks, policies and standards that support consistent execution across jurisdictions.
- Promote effective collaboration between teams, creating a culture of partnership, accountability and knowledge sharing.
- Lead, develop and coach direct reports, building a high-performing and inclusive team environment.
- Support succession planning and talent development to strengthen organisational capability and future leadership pipelines.
- Monitor risks and governance matters, ensuring appropriate escalation and resolution where required.
- Drive continuous improvement and adoption of best practice governance processes globally.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

- Significant experience in corporate secretarial or governance roles within Real Estate/Real Assets/Alternative fund environments
- Significant experience of Real Estate fund governance, corporate governance and company secretarial practices.
- Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions and managing complex governance frameworks.
- Ability to lead through change and proven experience in successfully implementing global operating models.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at executive, board and regulatory level.
- Strong commercial awareness and strategic thinking capability.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and influence diverse audiences.
- Ability to balance strategic priorities with effective execution and operational oversight.
- Experience leading geographically dispersed teams and driving collaboration across functions.
- Strong judgement, decision-making and risk management capability.
- Commitment to developing people and fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture.

Qualifications:

- Professional governance qualification (CGI or equivalent) required

Location: Luxembourg

Work Level: Manager/Expert

At M&G, we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds - across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more - including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.