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LATEST NEWS: Autumn is often the time when many companies and treasury functions are setting exchange and interest rate expectations for the following year. With inflation looking to stay higher and for longer, how will this affect your scenario planning and budgeting for 2022? Watch the webinar to hear from Fitch Ratings on their forecasts for 2022. |
We are pleased to be joined by Alex Griffiths, Managing Director, Head of EMEA Corporate Ratings at Fitch Ratings who will discuss credit expectations for 2022, looking at:
Speaker:
Alex Griffiths is Head of Corporate Ratings for Europe, the 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.
Moderator:
Sarah has extensive corporate experience with over two decades in industry working in a wide range of finance and treasury roles with companies including Cadbury and Whitbread. A qualified accountant, she now spends her time applying her insights to practical use, enabling others to understand how the corporate financial world works and the relevance of developments in financial markets on their day-to-day activities. She is an Associate Member of the ACT.
This webinar, in association with Fitch Ratings, took place on Wednesday 17 November, 12:30-13:15 GMT.
