Country Managing Director — Renewables Construction Book

The mandate

Following two years of uneven execution, the board is addressing a country business needing renewed licence to grow within a privately held infrastructure developer and asset operator. The immediate arena is the renewables construction book during a concession renewal cycle. For mandate 334, the successful executive inherits decisions that have been deferred, competing stakeholder expectations and a need to establish facts before committing further capital.

The Country Managing Director operating perimeter covers approximately AED 28,800 million in project and operating-asset portfolio, with activity spanning several renewables construction book customer, product and delivery clusters rather than a single asset. The Country Managing Director Infrastructure remit carries direct influence over roughly 1,200 colleagues and third-party capacity.

The board and its investment committee want a Country Managing Director who can convert ambiguity into a short list of explicit choices for the renewables construction book. The Country Managing Director Infrastructure seat must resolve a concession renewal cycle, while preserving the underlying strengths of the renewables construction book. For mandate 334, value will come through sharper allocation, stronger leaders and an operating cadence that exposes variance early.

The Country Managing Director’s first year on the renewables construction book is expected to end with local growth, stakeholder confidence and enterprise alignment. In mandate 334, authority covers resources and leadership appointments; material trade-offs go directly to the board sponsor.

Why this seat is open

This is a planned replacement for the Country Managing Director — Renewables Construction Book seat. The incumbent continues to lead the renewables construction book through an agreed succession period and will support a structured handover. The board has allowed 4–6 months to assess candidates, complete diligence and protect continuity while a concession renewal cycle is addressed. The search is confidential so the transition can be communicated to employees, customers and partners in a controlled sequence.

What you will own

• Set the Country Managing Director value-creation thesis for the renewables construction book, translate it into no more than five enterprise priorities and stop work that does not support them.
• Carry stewardship of approximately AED 28,800 million in project and operating-asset portfolio, including allocation, risk acceptance and board forecasts.
• Lead the Country Managing Director Infrastructure organisation of about 1,200 employees and partners, appointing a team with clear decision rights and credible succession for every critical seat.
• Resolve the renewables construction book economics and execution constraints created by a concession renewal cycle, with Country Managing Director-approved owners, dated milestones and transparent escalation thresholds.
• Establish one Country Managing Director operating review across commercial, customer, financial, people, technology and risk outcomes for the renewables construction book; remove reconciliations that obscure accountability.
• Have led a country, division or operating entity with direct commercial, people and governance accountability in mandate 334.
• Build the Country Managing Director’s three-year succession and capability plan for the renewables construction book, reducing dependence on individual executives and improving mobility across the wider Infrastructure organisation.

The first 12 months

• Days 1–90: Validate the renewables construction book baseline, meet the 30 stakeholders most consequential to a country business needing renewed licence to grow, assess the leadership team, stabilise immediate delivery risks and agree a board-owned scorecard with explicit decision gates.
• Months 4–9: Make the principal Country Managing Director portfolio and organisation choices for the renewables construction book, install the new operating cadence, fill critical leadership gaps and deliver the first measurable release of cash, capacity or customer value.
• Months 10–12: Demonstrate a repeatable renewables construction book trend against local growth, stakeholder confidence and enterprise alignment, lock the following year’s capital and talent plan, evidence control sustainability and present a credible three-year value case with downside actions.

What the board will measure

• Delivery of the Country Managing Director’s agreed first-year renewables construction book value case within a 10% tolerance, with variance explained before rather than after the relevant quarter closes.
• A Country Managing Director forecast that remains decision-useful across three consecutive quarters and reconciles the renewables construction book’s operating, cash, customer and people assumptions.
• Closure of the Country Managing Director mandate’s highest-priority renewables construction book risk and execution issues by their board-approved dates, with independent evidence that fixes are sustained.
• Retention of at least 90% of critical renewables construction book talent and ready-now successors for at least 70% of the Country Managing Director’s direct reports.
• A quantified Country Managing Director-owned improvement in the renewables construction book operating constraint behind a concession renewal cycle, supported by a clean baseline and named data owner.
• Clear stakeholder confidence in mandate 334: no unresolved high-severity escalation older than 30 days and no material surprise withheld from its agreed governance forum.

The person

You are currently a Country MD, Country CEO or General Manager in a privately held Infrastructure or adjacent enterprise. In relation to the renewables construction book, your Country Managing Director track record includes a transition where the original plan was no longer sufficient; you can explain your choices, evidence and numerical impact. Candidates from infrastructure, construction, utilities, transport assets or project finance will be considered where the operating model, customer stakes and governance intensity match this Country Managing Director brief.

As a Country Managing Director candidate, you bring 28+ years of progressive Infrastructure or adjacent-sector experience, consistent with the 28-plus experience band. At minimum, you have carried a P&L, book, budget or accountable portfolio of AED 16,700 million and led an organisation of at least 850 people.

For mandate 334, the board wants two transitions: a difficult renewables construction book portfolio choice and a leadership-system change during a concession renewal cycle. As the prospective Country Managing Director for this renewables construction book, you must challenge optimistic cases and still create followership. References for mandate 334 must distinguish your contribution from the institution around you.

The Country Managing Director must be based in Dubai; international relocation is supported, but this Infrastructure role is not designed as a remote appointment.

Non-negotiables

• Current or recent accountability at the level of Country MD, Country CEO or General Manager, with direct exposure to a board, investment committee or equivalent Infrastructure governance forum.
• Proven Country Managing Director ownership of at least AED 16,700 million and leadership of no fewer than 850 employees in a comparable renewables construction book context.
• One completed Infrastructure or adjacent-sector example of a country business needing renewed licence to grow with outcomes sustained for at least two reporting periods after the initial intervention.
• Sector credibility from infrastructure, construction, utilities, transport assets or project finance; experience that is purely functional and lacks Country Managing Director-level renewables construction book consequences will not meet the bar.
• Willingness to meet the Dubai location expectation, complete conflicts and background diligence, and protect the confidentiality of mandate 334.

Compensation and terms

The anticipated Country Managing Director package is AED 2.8–4.0 million fixed + annual incentive and LTI, calibrated to the final renewables construction book scope and the candidate’s current mix. Any long-term participation for mandate 334 follows standard vesting and performance conditions. The Country Managing Director appointment in Dubai, centred on the renewables construction book, offers regular exposure to the board and its investment committee. A notice period of up to 6 months can be accommodated for the selected executive in mandate 334.

Confidentiality

The client name, precise footprint and transaction history are outside this brief for mandate 334. They will be shared with qualified candidates under a mutual undertaking, and the composite facts here must not be reverse-engineered or circulated for mandate 334.