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IR & Capital Raising

The relationships behind the fund.

Capital follows trust. We place the investor relations and fundraising professionals who build lasting relationships with limited partners, and the reporting specialists who keep that trust earned.
The problems we solve

When the fundraise depends on the hire.

“Fundraising is harder than it has ever been and our IR bench is thin.”

In a crowded fundraising market, the quality of your investor relationships is a competitive asset. We place the IR and fundraising professionals who build those relationships patiently and credibly, because LPs back people as much as strategies.

“We need someone LPs already trust, and those people are rarely on the market.”

The strongest IR and capital raising professionals are relationship-rich and approach-weary. They move for the right platform, presented the right way, by someone they trust. That introduction, made well, is precisely our job.

“Investor reporting demands keep growing and our team cannot keep up.”

The IR function is no longer just fundraising: it is reporting, data requests, co-investment coordination and constant communication. We place the professionals who run that machinery well, alongside the relationship builders.
Roles we cover

From first IR hire to head of capital formation.

  • Heads of Investor Relations
  • Vice Presidents and Principals
  • Investment Directors
  • Origination and Deal Execution Specialists
  • Portfolio and Asset Management Professionals
  • NAV Financing & Secondaries (via Carnegie NAVsec)
Adjacent expertise

A discreet approach to a relationship market.

Trusted introductions

The best IR professionals move for the right platform, presented the right way, by someone they trust. That is the introduction we make.

Market intelligence first

Through our talent advisory work we can map the IR and fundraising market before you commit to a search.

London and New York

LP bases are international. So are we, with real presence in the two capitals of private markets.

Candid counsel

If the brief, the timing or the compensation is misaligned with the market, we say so before the search begins.

The practice lead

Overseen by the founder of the firm.

Our IR and capital raising work draws on the experience of Guy Steel, Founder and Director, who has specialised in the asset management sector since founding Carnegie in March 2006.
His recruitment experience spans front office, investment support, marketing and sales, the functions closest to the investor relationship, and his commitment to honesty and quality of service has made him a preferred partner to many of the world’s leading asset management businesses.
Leadership

Capital raising runs on credibility. So does recruitment. Both are earned slowly and can be spent in a single conversation.

That conviction shapes how we approach a market where the asset being hired is trust itself.

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Guy Steel

Founder & Director

20+

Years in private capital markets

80%

Mandates from repeat clients

2

Hubs: London and New York

2006

Serving fund managers since
Common questions

IR and capital raising, answered.

What investor relations roles does Carnegie recruit?
Heads of investor relations, IR managers and associates, fundraising and capital formation professionals, investor reporting specialists and LP relations roles, for private equity firms and asset managers in the UK and internationally.
Because the asset being hired is trust. The strongest IR professionals carry relationships built over years, and they are approached constantly. Attracting them requires a credible, discreet introduction and a platform presented honestly, which is where a specialist adds most value.

Yes. For emerging managers, the early IR and fundraising hires are among the most consequential the firm will make. We help founders understand the market for this talent, what it takes to attract it, and who is genuinely right for a first-fund environment.

Planning the hire before the fundraise? Our advisory work maps the market first.
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  • Established 2006
  • London · New York · Luxembourg
  • Discreet & confidential