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Firm Overview
Axight is a specialized Asia Pacificfocused private equity investment manager, headquartered in Abu Dhabi and built to deploy capital at scale across the region's fastestgrowing markets. The firm combines deep regional expertise with global institutional backing to pursue highconviction investment opportunities across sectors, stages, and asset classes.
Axight was established by Lunate, a major global investment management platform with over $115 billion in assets under management, reinforcing the firm's strong capital base and global dealsourcing network. Axight itself manages over US$5 billion and continues to expand its portfolio as part of Abu Dhabi's broader strategy to grow its influence across international private markets.
Role Overview
As an Associatelevel Investment Professional, you will play a pivotal role within Axight's investment team, contributing directly to the firm's ability to source, evaluate, and execute highquality opportunities across the Asia Pacific region. You will support all stages of the investment lifecycle from earlystage analysis through to ongoing portfolio value creation.
In this capacity, you will be responsible for driving analytical workstreams, coordinating duediligence processes, preparing investment committee materials, and engaging with both internal leadership and external counterparties. Beyond deal execution, you will also support active portfolio management, helping monitor performance, identify growth levers, and collaborate with management teams to implement operational improvements.
This role offers significant exposure to senior decisionmakers, crossborder transactions, and a diverse set of industries, making it a strong platform for longterm development within private equity.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Evaluate Investment Opportunities Across APAC:
Conduct initial screenings, financial assessments, and qualitative reviews of opportunities across diverse geographies and sectors in the AsiaPacific region. This includes building preliminary investment cases and summarizing insights for senior team members.
Lead Components of Due Diligence:
Support comprehensive due diligence workstreamsincluding commercial, financial, legal, operational, and ESGby coordinating thirdparty consultants, gathering internal analyses, and synthesizing findings into structured outputs used for investment decisionmaking.
Deal Structuring & Negotiation Support:
Collaborate with the Principal and firm leadership to prepare deal terms, transaction models, negotiation materials, and scenario analyses. Assist in liaising with advisors, legal counsel, and counterparties to ensure smooth progress from term sheet to closing.
Track Market Dynamics:
Stay up to date on macroeconomic trends, industry developments, competitive movements, and regulatory changes across APAC markets. Summarize relevant developments for internal team consumption and contribute to the firm's thematic research pipeline.
DataDriven Investment Insights:
Use financial modeling, benchmarking, market sizing, and other analytical tools to derive insights that refine investment theses, assess market attractiveness, and support recommendation materials for committees.
Qualifications & Experience
Job ID: 139998755
