Stanley Fink, Baron Fink
Stanley Fink, Baron Fink, (born 15 September 1957), is a British hedge fund manager and parliamentarian, who was formerly CEO of Man Group plc. Created a Life Peer in 2011, Lord Fink sits on the Conservative Party benches in the House of Lords. Early life The son of Louis Fink and Janet née Stone, he was born in 1957 at Crumpsall, Lancashire, where his father ran a grocery store. Fink was educated at Manchester Grammar School before going up to read Law at Trinity Hall, Cambridge (graduating MA). Business career Fink started his career at the accountancy firm, Arthur Andersen, qualifying as FCA before briefly working for Mars Inc, then joining Citibank. He served as chief executive officer of Man Group, a hedge fund, from 2000 to 2007. Described as the "godfather" of the UK hedge fund industry, he is credited with building the Man Group up to its FTSE 100 public company status, the largest listed hedge fund company in the world. In September 2008, Fink came out of retirement to serve as chief executive of International Standard Asset Management (ISAM) in partnership with Lord Levy. Appointed chairman of ISAM in 2015, he retired from its board in December