Requisition ID

36055
Office Country

United Kingdom
Office City

London
Division

Banking Countries of Operations
Full-Time/Part-Time
Full Time
Contract Type

Intern
Contract Length

06 months
Posting End Date

17/09/2025

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Master’s degree in Business Administration or Finance
• Corporate and/or business development, marketing and research experience from a leading investment/merchant or commercial organisation.
• Preferred but not required: 1-2 years of corporate, business and/or research background with a reputable (financial) institution;
• Good understanding of finance and banking and a basic knowledge and understanding of key marketing principles;
• Previous experience with CRM platforms is highly desirable;
• Previous experience with intelligence platforms such as Orbis, FDI Markets, Factiva and MergerMarket would be useful;
• Positive demeanour, self-driven, initiator and with a ‘can-do’ attitude with a feel for commercial opportunities and ability to establish a client relationship;
• Ability to prioritise, deliver quality work and services at all times, even under tight deadlines in a (sometimes) fast moving environment;
• An ability to work successfully in a multicultural environment across geographies and cultures;

PURPOSE OF JOB

Business Development is an essential part of the business cycle to help ensure the sustainability of the Bank’s pipeline, to support its overall external visibility and to expand the Bank’s network across the regions and investor base. The set of business development deliverables requires a systematic strategic approach to outlook and planning; consistent leadership externally as well as internally across several teams; and constant innovation in respect of business development delivery products, channels, and formats.
The Business Development Unit, a resource embedded within the Banking Department and plays an integral role in supporting Banking teams in attracting new clients and in raising awareness of the Bank and its ability to deliver high quality projects. This is achieved, primarily, by identifying potential new business/client opportunities.
The BD consists of team in London, and EBRD representative office in Tokyo, Japan.

ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Business Development (BD) managers in the effective promotion of the Bank’s capabilities to its clients by facilitating business development activities, focusing on identifying new business opportunities, and raising awareness of the Bank.
• To work closely together with BD managers in all aspects of coordination of marketing business development visits of EBRD senior management (includes President, First Vice President, Vice President Banking etc.)
• To research, analyse and prepare marketing materials for meetings (comprehensive Briefing Packs, presentations, etc);
• To provide research and in-depth background information on companies or sectors and to prepare supporting marketing materials such as presentations, pitch books, etc.
• To help coordinate the organisation of the business development events including Business Connect programme at the EBRD Annual Meetings (liaise with Banking teams to identify priority themes, programme, logistical arrangements, marketing materials, etc);
• To maintain and regularly update essential marketing materials (including but not limited to; presentations, pitch books, etc.);
• To maintain and timely updated existing Business Development databases (Client Dynamics, BTOR, Slides Library, BD intranet area, BD external webpage, etc;)