Independent Investment Committee Member (Agriculture Investing)

Allied Talent Partners

11d • Remote

About The Position

A pan-African climate-focused investment platform is seeking to appoint experienced Independent Investment Committee (IC) Members to provide strategic investment oversight and governance support across its investment activities in Africa. The platform invests in early-stage and growth-oriented businesses addressing climate resilience and sustainability challenges across sectors such as climate-smart agriculture and food systems, energy access, financial inclusion, water, waste management, and climate technology. The IC will play a critical role in reviewing investment opportunities, assessing risks, challenging assumptions constructively, and supporting disciplined investment decision-making. This is an independent, part-time appointment suited to senior professionals with strong African investing experience and deep sector expertise across climate-smart agriculture, food systems, climate investing, venture capital, private equity, development finance, or operational leadership. Strong preference will be given to individuals who are Africa-based and have significant experience in climate-smart agriculture across African markets. Candidates should not have material conflicts of interest with the platform’s investment activities.

Requirements

• Significant experience in venture capital, private equity, impact investing, development finance, or entrepreneurial leadership.
• Strong experience investing in, advising, or operating businesses across African markets.
• Demonstrated experience investing in, advising, or scaling businesses operating across agriculture, food systems, agribusiness, agricultural value chains, or agricultural technology.
• Previous experience serving on investment committees, credit committees, advisory boards, or governance bodies.
• Strong understanding of market investing dynamics and operational realities in Africa.
• Familiarity with early-stage investing, venture scaling, and founder support models is strongly preferred.
• Strong execution and performance management capability.
• Ability to establish practical governance, reporting, and accountability mechanisms.
• Sound commercial judgment across varied business environments.
• Ability to quickly identify delivery gaps and operational bottlenecks.
• Pragmatic approach to driving action and maintaining execution momentum.
• Strategic thinker with strong commercial judgment and independence.
• High integrity and ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Collaborative and constructive communication style.
• Ability to engage thoughtfully with founders, investors, and fellow committee members.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and evolving investment environments.

Nice To Haves

• Africa-based
• Significant experience in climate-smart agriculture across African markets.

Responsibilities

• Attend scheduled Investment Committee meetings and ad hoc investment review sessions.
• Review investment memos, due diligence findings, financial models, ESG assessments, and portfolio updates.
• Provide strategic guidance and constructive challenge on investment opportunities across climate adaptation and resilience sectors.
• Support investment decision-making processes through independent assessment of risk, commercial viability, developmental impact, and execution considerations.
• Advise on governance, investment discipline, portfolio construction, and investment strategy.
• Contribute sector expertise and market insight across African climate and agriculture ecosystems.
• Support the evolution of the fund’s investment processes, diligence frameworks, and governance practices where relevant.
• Provide occasional advisory input on broader portfolio or ecosystem opportunities where aligned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed