Fund Advisory Services for Ambition North Wales Clean Energy Fund

Ambition North Wales (ANW) is seeking to procure a Fund Advisor for two distinct stages of work. The first stage will involve assisting ANW with preparation for launch and will include input in the following key areas:

Market intelligence input into the Investment Strategy and associated priorities to support finalisation of this Strategy;

Developing a marketing strategy and a launch plan;

Input into the ANW fund management plan, which can be defined as: a document which sets out the operational procedures for the Fund for it to be established, managed effectively, and deliver against the objectives for the Fund. It will provide an overview of the key activities of the Fund over the medium term, covering the set up and then ongoing operation and management of the Fund;

Scoping the support required to enable an online application process channelled through ANW website; and

Scoping any legal input or other external advisory support required for launch of the fund.

The second stage will provide advisory support to operate the fund during the deployment period and it is envisaged this will be over a minimum 5-year contract period. The advisor will be responsible for sourcing investments, undertaking due diligence, developing investment business cases, and recommending investments for approval and then providing regular progress and monitoring reports on the performance of investments and the portfolio of the Fund.

It should be noted that the investment strategy is a live document that has built-in flexibility to change throughout the life of the fund in response to changing market demand and conditions.