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Head of Asia-Investment Director
Johannesburg, South Africa
Posted on Aug 7, 2026
INVESTMENT DIRECTOR (HEAD OF ASIA)
South Africa (Johannesburg)
Full-Time
(reporting to the Managing Director, Head of Fintech Investments)
ABOUT LENDABLE
Lendable connects emerging and frontier market companies with international and local investors so that they can in turn provide financial and sustainability services to those who need it the most: underbanked consumers and SMEs and MMEs in high-impact sectors. We have built the technical and financial infrastructure to increase access to credit in emerging and frontier markets, including a proprietary database of over 208m loans across 28 countries. To date, we have helped more than 6.2m people get access to fair finance and deployed almost $1 billion of capital to companies across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
We are based across Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, with major hubs in London, Nairobi, and Johannesburg. Our diverse team consists of investment professionals, data scientists, technologists, and people who care about supporting each other and our clients. We are passionate about creating a more equitable and sustainable world through data and finance. Come help us continue to grow!
ABOUT THE ROLE
Based out of Lendable’s office in South Africa, we are looking for an individual to join Lendable’s investment team to provide senior level leadership as we continue to scale our portfolio in Asia. You are a seasoned private credit investor with a track record of closing high-quality transactions. You must be passionate about fintech, private credit, and financial inclusion.
Responsibilities:
- Lead regional business development and origination activities, developing and executing a high-quality pipeline of investment opportunities while building long-term relationships with founders, C-suite executives, investors, and ecosystem partners to generate proprietary deal flow.Lead prioritization of deal flow and provide hands-on ownership in the winning of target transactions.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with C-suite executives, founders, shareholders, and strategic partners across Asia, acting as a senior commercial representative of the firm throughout the investment lifecycle.
- Evaluate interconnected commercial, financial, operational, legal, and regulatory risks across transactions, providing balanced recommendations and practical mitigation strategies to support sound investment decisions.
- Manage regional fintech investment team members. Assign responsibilities and coverage areas, oversee deal execution across the regional team, and provide ongoing feedback to support career development.
- Maintain accountability for achieving regional deal closing and deployment goals.
- Lead execution of transactions. Directly engage in transaction due diligence, structuring, development and presentation of investment committee materials, commercial oversight of legal documents, closing, and disbursing of transactions. Identify and provide guidance on risks, mitigants, and risk/reward trade-offs. Must have a willingness to engage with the details of a transaction.
- Work with urgency in moving transactions through a high-quality, high-touch deal execution process
- Represent the firm across the Asian region through regular travel to develop market relationships, originate investment opportunities, and strengthen the firm's presence within the fintech and financial services ecosystem.
Experience:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in finance, including at least 5 years working in private credit or structured debt
- Extensive experience in structured credit, private credit, leveraged finance, specialty finance, or complex lending transactions gained within private credit funds, non-bank asset managers, investment firms, fintech lenders, or commercial/credit banking environments.
- Demonstrated experience structuring and executing bespoke financing solutions for complex asset-backed transactions. Ability to assess unique client circumstances and develop innovative risk mitigation strategies rather than relying solely on standardised credit frameworks.
- Strong commercial judgement and lateral thinking, with a track record of navigating highly complex transactions and balancing client needs with sound risk management principles.
- Must have a demonstrated skillset in learning new markets and building trusted relationships with founders, executive leadership teams, and C-suite stakeholders, with the credibility to influence strategic discussions and negotiate commercial outcomes.
- Southeast Asia and/or fintech experience is an advantage but not required.
Applied Values:
- Judgment
- Distils signal from noise to make decisions and escalate, when required whilst proposing solutions
- Anticipates internal and external questions and concerns, and preemptively provides detailed analysis on key risks and mitigating factors
- Rigorous Communication
- Responsive, collaborative, and thrives on direct communication
- Communicates with stakeholders immediately and directly
- Remains calm and manages stressful deal experiences with a steady hand
- Team Player
- Has a collaborative, supportive and team-focused approach
- Works with urgency but acts with diplomacy
- Puts ego aside and gets involved in every aspect of the investment process
- Open to learning and adapting to Lendable’s values and investment approach
- Being Demanding
- Solutions-oriented self-starter, can move deals forward despite roadblocks or transaction complexity
- Respectfully challenges colleagues to help Lendable improve as a firm
- Maintains relationships of mutual respect with clients, so that both sides can be demanding of each other, when needed
What Lendable Offers
- Stimulating, inquisitive, and fun colleagues - a group of people who care about equity, diversity, and inclusion above all
- Flexible working set up (hybrid-remote)
- Market competitive salary
- Strong health insurance package that includes dental, vision, and mental health coverage
- Paid new parent leave policy
- The chance to engage in truly impactful and meaningful work
Persons of all gender, race, sex, orientation, age, and identity are encouraged to apply. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.