INVESTOR RELATIONS & FUNDRAISING

We are experts in all aspects of Investor Relations, from the first IR appointment through to team build-ups. Our track record expands across the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Our team, headed by Principal Consultant, Debbie Eidelman in the UK, delivers on high-profile senior searches and placements of professionals through all levels of seniority within these teams.

Our IR & fundraising experts

Debbie heads our Investor Relations & Fundraising Practice in the UK and Europe. She is an expert in team building and senior search and has built an incredible network across the industry. At the leading edge of all trends in this area, Debbie provides strategic advice across all fund sizes, types and geographies.
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Debbie Eidelman
Head of Investor Relations & Fundraising
+44 20 7747 7887
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Jocelyn has an enviable track record of placing entry-level through to senior professionals within the industry. She has secured roles for more than 40 people within IR teams. Jocelyn takes special care to know what her clients want with a focus on cultural alignment and career ambition.
Jocelyn Rogers

Investor Relations & Fundraising

Lauren focuses on Investor Relations & Fundraising roles, working to expand PER’s network of candidates with an interest in Investor Relations within private markets.
Lauren Shields

Investor Relations & Fundraising

As a Consultant in the IR & Fundraising team, Júlia specialises in placing candidates across all levels into in-house Investor Relations teams and Placement Agents across different strategies, specialising in private credit.
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Investor Relations & Fundraising

Lucy joined PER in 2024 and works within team IR & FR as a Research Associate. She focuses on Investor Relations and Marketing roles within the private markets space.
Lucy Alderton

Investor Relations & Fundraising

Frances Baker supports the team with arranging interviews and coordinating reporting on searches.
Frances Baker

Team Coordinator

Holly supports our IR & Fundraising team to ensure all processes run smoothly, regularly communicating with clients and candidates to organise, often challenging, schedules.
Holly Hamblin

Team Coordinator

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55

IR & Fundraising placements in the last 12 months

40%

of all IR placements are women

35%

Senior & mid-level searches

7

Countries where we completed IR & Fundraising searches


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Building your leadership pipeline


Hiring successfully at senior and mid levels requires a combination of rigorous search, market insight and deep relationships. We have been placing IR professionals for over a decade. This has allowed us to build extensive and long-standing trusting relationships with industry professionals, many of them we have seen raising through the ranks and have provided expert advice over the years.  

By having a dedicated team focusing solely on IR & Fundraising, we are constantly updating our market knowledge to provide expert and factual advice about team structures, compensation and market trends.

Marketing and communications often operate alongside IR in many funds, and our team extends our reach for IR and marketing roles into the wider marketing community across PR, events management organisations and other financial services marketing.

Bringing suitably qualified people into the investor relations and fundraising profession for the first time requires extensive outreach to the investment banks and big four. Our research team is constantly mapping these pools and building relationships with entry-level professionals to understand the areas that appeal to them. We also manage outreach events to educate and inform about the opportunity that roles in this area offer.

Our marketing and comms team operates successfully alongside our IR team, extending the outreach to marketing teams across financial services





Bringing suitably qualified people into the investor relations and fundraising profession for the first time required extensive outreach to the investment banks and big four. Our research team is constantly mapping these pools and building relationships with entry-level professionals to understand the areas that appeal to them. We also manage outreach events to educate and inform about the opportunity that roles in this area offer.

Our marketing and comms team operates successfully alongside our IR team, extending the outreach to marketing teams across financial services.  

EXPERIENCE
Client Story

A prominent, global growth manager was looking to solidify their European investor relations presence

They initially mandated us to identify two Associate-level professionals and subsequently instructed us to lead the search for a Nordic-focussed distribution professional. In keeping with their hiring requirements, we were able to provide a highly diverse shortlist for all three mandates. As part of our screening and diligence process, we paid close attention to finding those that not only had the right skillset but also had a good cultural fit with the existing team. Following our success, we have continued to partner with this team over the last few years and have hired subsequent resources for them.


A London based mid-market infrastructure firm were seeking their first dedicated IR hire

With a growing AuM and ever-demanding LP base, the natural next step was for them to centralise this function in-house. We worked with them to establish the responsibilities of a Head of IR role and helped to position this as an attractive, entrepreneurial opportunity. We conducted a selective screening process which allowed us to focus on quality over quantity and the firm found the perfect match from this group. 


Given their rapid growth, this established private equity manager needed to reinforce and restructure their IR function

Ahead of kicking of the search, we provided a strategic review of the market and gave them an indication of the IR team composition and structure across relevant managers. Following this, we were mandated to identify a senior project manager with a junior support for them, followed by a senior European distribution professional. Our depth of network helped us to efficiently map those individuals that had the appropriate skills for each of these roles. The team hired three prominent industry professionals.


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