Strategic Intelligence, Associate Director - EMEA 
 
A growing strategic intelligence firm in London is seeking an Associate Director for their EMEA team. The firm provides a consulting service to business leaders and investors, providing strategic intelligence to enable them to make decisions around transactions, corporate movements, M&A, regulatory, policy, and senior appointments. 
 
The role of an Associate Director: 
 
Within the firm the Associate Director manages the most demanding engagements. Responsibilities include: 
 
Working with deal teams to assess commercial risks for major transactions. 
Advise on shifting political dynamics. 
Work with the firms’ network of human sources and global community to gain advice. 
Identify new human sources to contribute to the network. 
Manage concurrent complex projects, often necessitating moving between sectors, jurisdictions and subject areas. 
Conducting enhanced commercial due diligence. 
Lead execution team and mentor and oversee the work of junior colleagues. 
Synthesising intelligence into high quality written reports. 
Managing client engagements including; assessing, debriefing and presenting to c-suite clients. 
 
Experience & Qualifications required: 
 
Applicants for this role should possess 6-8 years’ experience within strategic intelligence, law, finance, consulting, corporate strategy, government or similar environments. 
Strong commercial acumen 
Excellent communications skills, fluency in English language, other European languages would be beneficial. 
Strong academic background with a passion for writing, reasoning, and learning.

Associate Director, Strategic Intelligence - EMEA

Corporate Strategy

<h2>A global advisory firm is seeking a Managing Director to lead client solutions and business development across global private equity markets. 
This senior-level role focuses heavily on deal origination, client relationship management, and driving revenue growth by securing new business with private equity funds and other investment stakeholders. 
 
The successful applicant will play a key role in developing client partnerships, generating repeat business, and positioning the firm as a trusted advisor. 
 
Role Responsibilities: 
To lead deal origination activities with private equity firms, investment funds, and corporate investors across global markets. 
Research, identify, and convert new business opportunities through proactive client prospecting and relationship building. 
Build trusted relationships with deal teams, investment professionals, and decision-makers. 
Drive revenue growth through business development initiatives and cross-selling advisory services. 
Develop strategies for new business development. 
Reach out to dormant accounts to relive and strengthen client relationships to generate repeat business opportunities. 
Act as a trusted advisor to clients ensuring consistently high levels of satisfaction and retention. 
Partner with firm’s BD team and executions teams to support the delivery of projects and manage client expectations. 
Conduct presentations and lead meetings with clients and senior stakeholders. 
Keep abreast of market trends, transaction activity, and commercial risks affecting private equity investments. 
Assist with the preparation of proposals, sales pitches, and commercial material for prospective clients. 
Work with firm’s international teams to support global client development initiatives and strategic growth objectives. 
 
Experience required: 
Experience in deal origination and business development within strategic advisory, consultancy, investment banking, law, intelligence, or related sectors. 
Must have a strong client network of private equity deal teams and investment professionals. 
Successful track record of generating new business. 
 
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Managing Director, Private Equity Client Solutions

A strategic intelligence consultancy requires an Associate Director to join its London-based Europe team. This focus of this position is commercial due diligence, strategic intelligence, transaction advisory, corporate investigations, and complex commercial projects across global markets. 
As Associate Director you will be working with senior executives, investors, and corporate stakeholders, providing critical insights for commercial risks, regulatory environments, market dynamics, and strategic decision-making. 
 
Duties include: 
Project leading for complex commercial due diligence and strategic intelligence. 
Acting as trusted advisor to clients advising on commercial risks associated with mergers, acquisitions, investments, and transactions. 
Conducting in-depth qualitative research and analysis into companies, markets, industries, and senior stakeholders. 
Managing client engagements across multiple sectors and international jurisdictions. 
Delivering strategic insight on regulatory, political, reputational, and operational risks. 
Producing high-quality written long-form reports, briefings, and presentations. 
Building and leveraging professional human source networks to gather intelligence and insights. 
Managing execution team ensuring project timelines, client expectations are met. 
Assisting the business development team with BD initiatives and enhancing client relationships. 
Training and mentoring junior colleagues and collaborating with global teams. 
Providing recommendations to support critical business decisions. 
 
Necessary experience: 
6-7 years’ experience within strategic intelligence, consulting, finance, legal advisory, or related field. 
Strong commercial acumen. 
Proven research, analytical, and investigative skills. 
Exceptional written and verbal communication ability. 
Multi-tasker with ability to manage multiple complex projects in a fast-paced environment. 
 
Interested? Reach out to Alchemy Global Talent Solutions today.

Associate Director Europe

A London based strategic intelligence consultancy is recruiting for an Associate Director. 
The consultancy specialises in commercial due diligence, strategic intelligence, transaction advisory, corporate investigations, and complex commercial projects across international markets. In this role you would be working with c-suite, business leaders, investors, and corporate stakeholders, to provide insights into commercial risks to assist strategic decision-making. 
 
Duties: 
Leading the project team on complex commercial due diligence and strategic intelligence projects for corporate clients. 
Working with clients and advising them about commercial risks associated with transactions, mergers, acquisitions, investments etc. 
Carrying out investigations, research and analysis both OSINT & HUMINT 
Managing high-profile client engagements across multiple sectors and geographies 
Delivering presentation on regulatory, political, reputational, and operational risks. 
Producing high-quality written reports, briefings, and presentations for clients. 
Sourcing, and leveraging professional networks to gather market intelligence and commercial insights. 
Managing project timelines, client expectations, and deliverables. 
Work with business development team to supporting business development initiatives. 
Supporting junior colleagues and oversee work to ensure quality and timely delivery of projects. 
Collaborating with cross-functional global teams for global projects. 
 
Experience: 
Must have 5-8 years’ experience within corporate intelligence, consulting, advisory or similar sectors. 
Excellent research, analytical, and investigative capabilities. 
Exceptional commercial writing skills 
Strong verbal communication skills with experience presenting to c-suite 
Multi-tasker with ability to manage multiple concurrent complex projects in fast-paced environment.

Associate Director, Corporate Intelligence 

Manager, Strategic Intelligence – Europe   
 
Alchemy is partnering with a global advisory firm in their search for a manager for their strategic intelligence team – Europe. 
The strategic intelligence manager will be responsible for managing complex strategic intelligence projects across Europe, which include; commercial, transactional, regulatory, political & geopolitical intelligence investigations. 
 
Responsibilities: 
Working with c-suite clients and assessing potential commercial, regulatory and political risks. 
Utilising human source network and identifying potential new sources. 
Assessing the credibility of the human source intelligence. 
Conducting open-source research and overseeing junior colleagues and analysts. 
Debriefing clients and managing client interactions in briefings, meetings and presentations. 
Synthesising intelligence into high quality long-form written reports. 
Presenting well-structured intelligence reports to clients 
Identifying potential risks and opportunities within Europe. 
Overseeing the execution team and checking junior colleague’s work. 
 
Qualifications & Capabilities 
Fluency in English, fluency in other European languages would be beneficial 
4-6 years’ experience within strategic intelligence, business consulting, advisory or similar field. 
2 years at management level 
Good understanding of business, political and regulatory trends across Europe.

Manager, Strategic Intelligence – Europe

A global strategic intelligence firm is seeking a manager to join their Asia team in London. The firm provides clients with investigative and dispute advisory services enabling clients to make informed decisions around transactions, partnerships, market entry, regulatory and political landscapes. 
The intelligence manager will be responsible for managing strategic intelligence projects, in the APAC region. 
 
Responsibilities include: 
Managing the execution team to deliver due diligence and strategic intelligence projects across APAC - Greater China, Southeast Asia, and South Asia. 
Conduct open source and human source research to support strategic intelligence projects. 
Synthesising intelligence into high quality written reports 
Assessing and briefing c-suite clients and other external and internal stakeholders on project work. 
Identifying human sources of intelligence and developing a human source network in APAC. 
Conducting commercial due diligence. 
Leading the team, checking work and managing junior colleagues. 
Assisting the business development team with proposals and business development activities. 
 
Qualifications & Experience required: 
4-6 years’ experience in strategic intelligence, consulting, advisory or similar field. 
Strong understanding of commercial and regulatory risks in APAC. 
Fluency in verbal and written English language 
Proficiency in an Asian language would be advantageous. 
Full lifecycle project management experience. 
Experience of managing & mentoring staff.

Manager, Strategic Intelligence - ASIA

Manager/Associate Director – London, UK

Join a dynamic and growing Strategic Intelligence team within the consulting industry, based in London. We are seeking a Manager or Associate Director to independently lead high-level intelligence projects focused on the Transatlantic region (UK and North America). This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced professional to contribute to cutting-edge commercial, regulatory, and geopolitical investigations while leveraging a global human source network.

What You’ll Be Doing:

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	Independently manage strategic intelligence investigations across the UK, US, and Canada.
	
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	Develop and structure lines of inquiry to assess commercial, regulatory, and political risks and opportunities.
	
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	Identify, engage, and manage human sources in and outside of existing networks.
	
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	Oversee and guide open-source research conducted by Analysts.
	
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	Assess the credibility and provenance of intelligence gathered from human sources.
	
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	Prepare and deliver verbal briefings tailored to commercial audiences, including private equity firms and multinational corporates.
	
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	Manage high-pressure client interactions with deal teams, legal teams, and C-suite executives.
	
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	Draft narrative-driven reports that synthesise intelligence findings and benchmark risks and opportunities.
	
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	Identify and develop intelligence source networks across diverse geographies and sectors.
	
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	Vet and cultivate relationships with new prospective human sources.
	
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	Contribute to the ongoing development of the team’s source development strategy.
	
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	Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members.
	
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	Collaborate with internal stakeholders to enhance service offerings and client relationships.
	
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What We’re Looking For:

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	Proven experience working in business intelligence, strategy consulting, regulatory, or political risk/geopolitical consulting.
	
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	Minimum 3-5 years of professional experience, with at least 2 years managing consulting projects or workstreams.
	
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	Strong commercial awareness and understanding of business models and value chains.
	
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	Foundational knowledge of political and regulatory trends across the UK and North America.
	
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	Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience preparing client-ready reports and briefings.
	
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	Ability to work autonomously and deliver high-quality results with minimal oversight.
	
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Interested? Reach out to Alchemy Global Talent Solutions today.

Associate Director, Strategic Intelligence - EMEA

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