The Profile
Talking tough on Brexit: the Thatcherite who has given up on the Tories
Equity investor Guy Hands, the heaviest of heavyweights in the City, has stuck a pin in Conservative hopes of rescuing the British economy without striking an entirely new deal with Europe
In brief:
Name and role: Guy Hands, chairman and founder of private equity firm Terra Firma
Age: 63
Appearance: tall, glasses, mop of thick grey hair
Newsworthiness: the multimillionaire Tory businessman last week said the British economy is ‘frankly doomed’ unless it can renegotiate Brexit
In depth:
Guy Hands has been a Tory since his Oxford days, and a well-connected one too: William Hague, a former Conservative leader, was the best man at his ...