Michael Hintze, Baron Hintze

Background

- Born in China, raised in Australia - Military service (Australian Army) - Worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston before founding CQS - Founded CQS in 1999 in London - grew into major credit-focused hedge fund - Built CQS into a firm managing $20+ billion at peak - Named to UK peerage as Baron Hintze - Sold majority of CQS assets to Manulife Financial Corporation (2021) - Moved to Switzerland in 2021 - Major Conservative Party donor in UK - Founded Deltroit Asset Management (2023) - new hedge fund venture