Head of Advisory, Capital Markets

This is a defining leadership role for an accomplished advisor with deep capital markets expertise, sharp commercial instincts, and an established track record of counseling CEOs, CFOs, boards, and senior leadership teams on their most consequential market-facing opportunities and challenges.

The Head of Advisory will lead a distinctive business at the intersection of corporate strategy, capital markets, valuation, investor intelligence, and transaction and financial communications. We are looking for a leader who combines the intellectual rigor and judgment of a senior advisor with the entrepreneurial ambition and commercial discipline to build an enduring, market-leading advisory franchise.

Breakwater Capital Markets advises top public companies, private corporations, coalitions, and institutions on complex strategic, financial, and reputational challenges.

Our Capital Markets business brings together sophisticated strategic counsel, rigorous financial and valuation analysis, and differentiated investor intelligence to help companies understand and influence how they are perceived and valued by the global investment community.

We believe effective capital markets advisory begins with a deep understanding of the relationship between business strategy, financial performance, investor expectations, and market valuation. Our work helps leadership teams develop credible investment narratives, identify and address gaps in market understanding, strengthen relationships with investors, and communicate their long-term value creation ambitions with clarity and conviction.

Our proprietary investor intelligence platform, Intrinsic , provides a distinctive foundation for insight-led advisory, connecting rigorous research and market understanding with strategic recommendations and executive-level counsel.

You will serve as a senior advisor to corporate leadership teams on a broad range of capital markets issues, from equity positioning and investor engagement to strategic transformation, financial narrative development, and critical investor-facing events.

Beyond your direct client responsibilities, you will shape the firm's advisory strategy, develop new capabilities, build and deepen relationships, lead business development, and establish the standards of excellence that define our work.

Build and scale a premium advisory platform that integrates capital markets expertise, strategic and financial analysis, investor intelligence, and executive communications.

Oversee the development and delivery of advisory capabilities across equity narrative and investment thesis development, capital markets positioning, investor engagement strategy, valuation-related communications, and significant market-facing events.

Serve as a trusted advisor to CEOs, CFOs, boards, and Investor Relations leaders on matters influencing corporate reputation in the capital markets, investor perception, market expectations, and valuation.

Advise leadership teams on the articulation of corporate strategy, financial performance, capital allocation, portfolio priorities, operating ambitions, and long-term value creation.

Help companies develop, refine, and communicate compelling equity stories and investment propositions grounded in strategic credibility, financial discipline, and an informed understanding of investor priorities.

Counsel clients through critical market-facing moments, including major strategic announcements, business transformations, leadership transitions, shifts in financial strategy, and periods of heightened investor scrutiny.

Bring independent judgment and constructive challenge to senior management teams, helping clients anticipate investor concerns, address gaps in market understanding, and strengthen the credibility of their strategic narratives.

Apply multidimensional financial, sector, and market analysis to the development of strategic recommendations that are both commercially relevant and compelling to institutional investors and analysts.

Counsel CEOs, CFOs, and executive leadership teams on the strategic purpose, investment narrative, financial messaging, and market positioning of Investor Days and other major investor-facing engagements.

Oversee complex Investor Day mandates, ensuring that the development of strategy, messaging, executive content, investor engagement, and post-event assessment reflect the highest standards of strategic and financial advisory.

Help management teams translate…