Senior Policy Executive, Regulation

This is a newly created role in our policy team, reporting to the Senior Policy Manager within a team lead by the Head of Policy (Legal and Regulatory), and offering the opportunity to contribute directly to our policy development and advocacy on behalf of the UK private capital industry.

The Senior Policy Executive will support the policy team’s work to promote a more proportionate, attractive and internationally competitive regulatory environment for private capital firms in the UK. The role comes at an important time, as interest in the industry continues to grow and government, the FCA and other regulators seek to enhance UK competitiveness and support economic growth.

A central focus of the role will be supporting policy advocacy and member engagement on the reform of key UK regulatory regimes, including the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulation (AIFMR). The role will also cover a broad range of regulatory policy and market issues, including FCA supervisory priorities and wider regulatory developments affecting UK private capital firms’ ability to invest, grow and compete internationally.

The role will span issues affecting private equity, venture capital and private credit firms, and will involve supporting UK Private Capital’s work on a range of market and regulatory questions relevant to the industry and its investors.

The successful candidate will also help to coordinate with our international partners and monitor, analyse and respond to international developments, including regulatory developments in the EU and US, and broader international market trends.

This will include supporting relationships with counterpart organisations and international partners, including Invest Europe, ILPA and other relevant bodies, to help ensure UK Private Capital remains closely connected and engaged on global policy, regulatory and market developments.

Working closely with colleagues across our policy, external affairs and membership teams, the Senior Policy Executive will help ensure that UK Private Capital’s positions are evidence-based, clearly articulated and influential with policymakers, regulators and other stakeholders. The role will also support the policy team in the governance of our technical committees, member forums and working group and support the delivery of policy-focused UK Private Capital events.

Key Responsibilities

The role will offer you the opportunity to:

• Support the development of UK Private Capital’s policy positions on regulatory issues affecting private capital firms, with a particular focus on UK regulatory reforms that support growth and competitiveness.
• Contribute to policy work affecting private equity, venture capital and private credit, including on AIFMR, MiFIR, IFPR and other key UK regulatory frameworks.
• Monitor and analyse UK and international policy and regulatory developments relevant to the private capital industry, including EU AIFMD, MiFID and sustainability regulation in the EU, US and other key markets.
• Draft consultation responses, policy papers, briefing notes, and other member-facing and advocacy materials.
• Support engagement with HM Treasury, the FCA, Parliament and wider stakeholders.
• Help coordinate the work of the UK Private Capital Regulatory Committee and member working groups, including preparing agendas, briefing materials and follow-up actions.
• Gather and assess member views and market intelligence to inform UK Private Capital’s advocacy.
• Work closely with colleagues across the organisation, particularly in external affairs to support coordinated policy and stakeholder engagement.
• Contribute to member communications, website content, newsletters, events and other outputs relating to regulation and public policy.
• Provide high-quality research and analysis to support colleagues on priority regulatory policy issues and emerging projects.