Soraya is President and CEO of Manulife | CQS Investment Management. She is a senior partner, Chair of the Board of CQS Management Limited and a member of the Board of Manulife Investment Management (Europe) Limited. She’s also a member of the Asset Advisory Committee for Multi Asset Credit. Since joining CQS over 13 years ago, Soraya has been instrumental in the transformation of the firm from a hedge fund manager into a multi-sector alternative credit platform. She has led the growth of the firm’s core credit strategies to reach a broader client base of institutional investors and private wealth channels globally. Soraya is directly involved in shaping the investment platform to provide the best offering to clients. With her extensive experience, she oversees key relationships with the firm’s clients around the world and under her leadership, the firm has won prestigious investment mandates, including with major global public and private pension schemes.

As CEO, Soraya has focused on cultivating the next generation of talent, especially in her role leading the front office investment teams. She has also championed wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, including founding the CQS Women’s Network, and has built multi-year partnerships with charities and organizations that promote youth development. During her 25+ year career, Soraya has had exposure to a broad range of strategies, including credit, convertibles, global macro, equities, and emerging markets. She’s well-known and respected for her ability to provide client-oriented solutions and shape strategies to meet client needs. Soraya began her career at HSBC Private Bank and in 2000, moved to Permal Investment Management in London where she focused on distributing fund of hedge funds across EMEA. As a fluent Arabic speaker, Soraya joined GLG Partners in 2004 as a Principal (and Partner) to build out their Middle Eastern presence. The region became a significant contributor to AUM growth. In 2008, when Greg Coffey joined Moore Europe Capital Management, Soraya joined with him as Head of Distribution for Emerging Macro Strategies and a Partner. Here, she successfully rebuilt the asset base during a difficult period in asset management. 

• Education: B.A., Economics and Public Administration, University of London
• Joined the company: 2012 (CQS)
• Began career: 2000

Craig is co-CIO and is responsible for the Manulife | CQS Investment Management multi asset credit business. He's a senior partner and chairs Manulife | CQS Investment Management Asset Advisory Committee for Multi-Asset Credit. Craig previously headed up global loans and was responsible for managing the firm's loan mandates, including those in a variety of multi-asset credit funds and collateralized loan obligations. Prior to joining Manulife | CQS Investment Management in 2008, Craig was a senior investment analyst and assistant portfolio manager at New Amsterdam Capital Management, a credit hedge fund. Before that, he was an associate at the Royal Bank of Scotland, where he structured leverage finance and high-yield bond transactions. Craig earned a B.Sc. (first class honors) in Business Administration from the University of Bath.

Jason is co-chief investment officer of Manulife | CQS Investment Management and manages global asset-backed securities (ABS) strategies across alternative credit funds and longer-lock mandates. He leads a dedicated ABS team of portfolio managers and analysts. Jason is a senior partner and member of the  firm's asset advisory committe for multi-asset credit.

Prior to joining Manulife | CQS Investment Management in 2010, Jason held a number of ABS portfolio management positions. Prior to that, he was with Henderson Global Investors, where he was a member of the team managing the Henderson European ABS Opportunities Fund and, before that, he held ABS portfolio management roles at the Bank of Scotland Treasury, TD Securities, and Abbey National Treasury Services, where he began his career.

Jason earned an M.Sc. in Finance from the University of Strathclyde and a B.A. (honours) in Accountancy from Glasgow Caledonian University.