🚀 Value Creation Director

Value Creation Director

Location: London, United Kingdom

Financial Services

Competitive Package

We are partnering exclusively with a fast-growing, global financial services firm operating at the heart of the commodities and capital markets ecosystem. Backed by leading investors and with ambitious growth plans, the business is on a journey of transformation, looking to expand its trading capabilities, strengthening operational excellence, and pursuing new strategic opportunities across global markets.

This is a rare and high-impact opportunity to join the leadership team as Value Creation Director . The role sits at the intersection of strategy, operations, and capital markets, driving initiatives that will shape the next phase of the company’s growth story.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifying opportunities across business lines to unlock growth, optimise performance, and enhance profitability through operational improvements, commercial initiatives, and product expansion.
• Engaging with external stakeholders, including private equity investors, analysts, and capital markets participants, to help define and communicate the company’s growth story.
• Leading post-acquisition integration, synergy realisation, and major transformation projects, ensuring value delivery across trading desks, operations, and infrastructure.
• Bringing deep knowledge of capital markets and commodities trading to inform long-term strategic planning, highlighting opportunities in equities, rates, FX, and credit.
• Operating as a trusted partner to senior management, influencing decision-making and driving execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives.

The Ideal Candidate

• Background in capital markets, trading, or financial services, with direct product/desk exposure (equities, rates, credit, FX, or commodities).
• Proven track record in corporate development, strategy, or transformation, whether within an investment bank, commodities broker, PE-backed financial institution, or top-tier consultancy.
• Strong COO, Chief of Staff, or transformation office experience, ideally within capital markets or financial services.
• Skilled at handling complexity—comfortable shaping strategic initiatives and driving operational execution simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication and leadership presence, able to operate credibly with senior stakeholders, investors, and market participants.

For more information, please apply for this role or contact Stephen Coen at