Biography

Michael Abbott co-founded the Company in 2012. Mr. Abbott served as Executive Chairman of the Company from 2018 to 2023 and transitioned to the role of Chairman in 2023. Mr. Abbott joined Swiss Bank Corporation in 1990 as an Associate in Equity Capital Markets and was transferred to the Bank’s Chicago branch in 1993 to work with SBC O’Connor. In 1996, Mr. Abbott joined Goldman Sachs as a Vice President in the Convertible Trading and Sales Department and later led its Structured Product Trading and Origination Group. Mr. Abbott co-founded the foreign exchange trading hedge fund, Elysium Capital, in 2002. In 2006, he became Chief Executive Officer and head of the investment committee of Robeco Sage, a multibillion-dollar fund of hedge funds. He was also appointed Chief Investment Officer of the Cornell University endowment in 2010. In 2012, he became a Managing Director at the Raptor Group, a single family office based out of Boston and New York City. Mr. Abbott started his professional career in 1983 as a London police officer. Mr. Abbott has served as a director of Target Global Acquisition I Corp. (Nasdaq: TGAAU), a special purpose acquisition company, since 2021. He serves as a Director of Flo Health, a digital health company for women. Mr. Abbott matriculated at King’s College London’s School of Law, graduating in 1990 with a Bachelor of Laws degree. He served on the Advisory Counsel of King’s College London Business School and is Chairman of the Advisory Counsel for the King’s College Law School. Mr. Abbott was conferred a Fellowship of King’s College, London in December 2020.