UK hedge fund manager CQS Management has strengthened its energy-related investments team with the appointment of the former global co-head of resources and energy at HSBC's investment bank.

Mark Bentley joins CQS as a senior executive. He previously spent six years at HSBC, during which time he led the bank's advisory team on several high profile deals in the energy sector, including French utility Suez on its pending merger with the country's national gas supplier Gaz de France.