Alex Griffiths discussed credit expectations for 2020 and how we foresee it affecting debt capital markets. In addition to the topics above, Alex also discussed our latest views on Brexit – be it forthcoming or what we may see in 2020 should it be triggered on 31 Oct. This session was very relevant for Treasurers working on their plans and projections for the year ahead.
Alex Griffiths is Head of Corporate Ratings for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Fitch’s EMEA corporate rating work is carried out by more than 110 dedicated corporate analysts, based in 10 cities, who cover all aspects of the rating and surveillance of non-financial corporates across the region.
Alex joined Fitch in London in 2005 as a corporate analyst, and has held a number of different roles, most recently as Fitch’s Credit Policy Group with responsibility for monitoring the quality of global corporate ratings. He started at Fitch as an analyst specialising in Telecoms, Media and Technology, then became Head of Research for EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Between 2012 and 2016 he ran the EMEA Natural Resources team.
Prior to this, Alex spent eight years with Deloitte's audit practice, where he gained experience ranging from transaction services work to audit, IFRS transitions, expert witness assignments and sector research. Alex read economics at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Naresh has spent 30 years in a variety of treasury roles spanning industry and advisory firms. At PwC he was the UK Lead for Cash Management and Payments where he helped lead the firm’s work on payments, Brexit, treasury controls, Blockchain, operational resilience and target operating model design and implementation. He won an Innovation award for his proposition around mobile payments.
Prior to PwC, Naresh spent almost 20 years in industry across a range of organisations including BP, Heron Property, Cable and Wireless and Fujitsu taking on roles such as analyst, dealer and treasurer.
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Speakers from the webinar answer the questions raised by attendees in this blog.
The ACT Webinar: Forecasting 2020 - credit events to shape the debt markets took place on 26 November at 12:30 GMT.
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