For 13 years Colin Teichholtz was a hedge fund portfolio manager in senior roles at Element Capital, BlueMountain Capital, and Pine River Capital, overseeing an array of fixed-income, macro, and equity-related strategies. Prior to that, he spent 19 years as a fixed-income trader at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, leading trading desks in mortgage-backed securities, U.S. interest rates, and emerging markets. Mr. Teichholtz received an A.B. cum laude in Economics from Harvard College in 1992. 

He has been a private sector advisor to the U.S. Treasury, serving as Vice Chair and member of the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee (TBAC) and member of the Financial Research Advisory Committee (FRAC). He is a member of the NYU Stern Volatility and Risk Institute External Advisory Board and of the Economic Club of New York. He also serves on the board of Good Shepherd Services.