SVP, Investments

Where thoughtful innovation meets global travel - Collinson is a global, family-owned organisation with five distinct companies shaping the future of customer experience across travel, financial services, loyalty and payments.

With more than 2,300 colleagues in 14 countries and a diverse portfolio of brands - including Priority Pass, Valuedynamx, Airport Dimensions, Collinson Insurance and Collinson Investments - we combine global reach with local insight to deliver connected experiences that strengthen relationships between businesses and the customers they serve.

Our Group has reached a significant stage of growth and maturity. With a revenue base exceeding £2bn and sustained above-market performance, we have built a hybrid operating model blending subscription economics, platform dynamics and asset-light scalability. As we evolve our Group structure and channel our investment activity through the Meridian Fund, this role will play a central part in the next chapter of long‑term capital alignment.

Key clients include Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Chase, HDFC, Revolut, Emirates, British Airways, Virgin, Eurostar, Intel, Apple, Amazon LATAM, Flying Blue, Accor, Easy Jet, HSBC.

This is a senior investment leadership role at a pivotal moment for Collinson Investments, and the role is designed to maximise our strategic partnership with IDC Network, through the Meridian fund. The role acts as Collinson’s investment subject‑matter expert, sourcing, structuring and executing deals within Meridian’s seed‑to‑growth mandate.

You will provide continuity and senior investment leadership while the Group focuses its investment activity through the Meridian Fund. The role is global in remit and centred on sourcing, relationship origination, investor development, board and investment‑committee representation, and the mentoring of our investment professionals. The role is a peer to Serkan Elden (SVP Collinson Investments,) and Rodrigo Rodas (Managing Partner, Meridian Fund Management), and is heavily and continuously engaged in the fund’s live pipeline and portfolio.

Collinson Group has partnered with

A.Gain Capital (formerly IDC Ventures) to launch Meridian, a venture investment vehicle backing the rails and operators within the global Experience Economy.

• Senior Investment Principal on the Meridian Fund, providing continuity and senior investment leadership through the current phase of the Group’s investment activity.
• Targeting a $150 million investment vehicle backing the rails and operators beneath the global Experience Economy — a $7.8 trillion market spanning travel, live events, dining, recreation and membership, projected to reach $13.7 trillion by 2035.
• Support the Meridian team on capital raising, including LP development and investor relationships by presenting a credible, attributable personal investment track record – seed‑to‑growth, $5–10M tickets, 10–35% ownership), taking primary or co‑lead responsibility for a defined share of the fund’s deal pipeline.
• Originate and cultivate relationships with co‑investors, family offices, institutions and strategic partners, representing Collinson Group as a Senior Investment Principal.

• Identify, develop and progress investment and partnership opportunities through your networks and market presence.
• Provide senior counsel to leadership on investment thesis, market opportunities and capital‑allocation options.
• Support the development of investment professionals within Collinson Investments.
• Contribute to the Group’s investment thinking and to a high‑performing, values‑led investment culture.

• Work closely with the wider Corporate Development team.
• Coordinate closely with the Group Managing Director and the Collinson Investments leadership team.
• Provide Counsel and opinion on the current portfolio of investments, including exit strategies and future analysis.

• Translate Collinson’s operating assets — Priority Pass, Airport Dimensions, Value Dynamx and its Insurance businesses — into validation environments, pilot opportunities and…