Our guest for today’s podcast is Tina Suo, Head of Alternative Credit for the Office of NYC Comptroller. Tina joined the Office of the NYC Comptroller as a Senior Investment Officer in the Alternative Credit Group in August 2019. In this role, she assisted in making investment recommendations and advising on the alternative credit portfolio consisting of public and private non-traditional credit-oriented investments that include below-investment-grade debt. In May 2022, she was promoted to Head of Alternative Credit to oversee the alternative credit portfolio for the five New York City retirement systems.

Prior to the Office of the NYC Comptroller, Tina held roles in manager selection, risk management, trading, and portfolio management at leading sell-side and buy-side firms including PIMCO, Goldman Sachs, and New York Life Investments.

Tina received her M.B.A. degree from London Business School and B.S. degree in Information and Decision Sciences from University of Science and Technology of China.

Without further ado, here is our conversation with Tina Suo.

Our guest for today’s podcast is Sandor Hau, Managing Director and President of
Charlesbank Credit. Sandor oversees the firm’s opportunistic Credit team and investing
strategy. Sandor joined Charlesbank in 2016 from Nomura Securities, where he was a
Managing Director and Head of Corporate Credit and Special Situations. Previously, he
was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and Head of Credit Investing and Private
Equity within the principal strategies group.

Sandor was born and grew up in rural Lancaster, PA, and is a big Philadelphia sports
fan. He currently lives in Rye, NY, and is actively involved with community and sports
activities with his four kids. He likes running, basketball and racquet sports. He is
actively involved with the Korean American community as co–chairman of The Korea
Finance Society. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Without further ado, here is our conversation with Sandor Hau.

Our guest for today’s podcast is Michel Lowy, who co-founded SC Lowy in 2009. SC Lowy specializes in non-investment grade credit opportunities outside the United States, focusing on opportunistic corporate lending. SC Lowy has deployed $4.8 billion in capital and manages $1.6 billion in assets, with a presence across nine offices in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

Michel has focused on distressed, special situations and private credit investing for his entire career spanning more than 25 years. Before launching SC Lowy, Mr. Lowy founded Deutsche Bank’s distressed and strategic investments group for Asia Pacific in 1999. Based in Singapore, New York and lastly Hong Kong, he built and led a dominant Asia-focused proprietary trading and investment team over the span of 10 years, while later adding Latin America to his mandate.

Without further ado, here is our conversation with Michel Lowy.