FITCH RATINGS - Key Persons
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- Financial Institutions - LATAM
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- Structured Finance Ratings - APAC / Managing Director
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- Chief Compliance Officer
- Leadership, Chief Compliance Officer
Bruce Legorburu is the Chief Compliance Officer for Fitch Ratings based in London. Bruce is responsible for the compliance department and compliance matters globally.
Between July 2013 and April 2019, Bruce was Senior Legal Counsel for Fitch Ratings responsible for legal and regulatory matters across Asia Pacific and also (from December 2017) for EMEA. Before re-joining Fitch in 2013, Bruce was a Partner with the law firm Squire Sanders based in the Perth office, Australia. His practice focused on corporate and commercial law. Between 2003 and 2007, Bruce had worked as European Counsel for Fitch Ratings based in London supporting various business units in the EMEA region and acting as Regional Compliance Officer for EMEA & Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Bruce worked in private practice, from 1996 to 2003, as a corporate, commercial & technology lawyer for the law firms Sidley Austin (London) and Clifford Chance (London).
Bruce earned a BA in Philosophy, from the University of Toronto, a LL.B from the University of Edinburgh and a LL.M from University College London.
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- Head of BRM - LATAM / Managing Director
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- Head of Fund & Asset Managers Ratings - LATAM / Senior Director
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- Head of Financial Institutions - LATAM / Senior Director
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- Head of Insurance Ratings - LATAM / Senior Director
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- Head of International Public Finance - LATAM / Senior Director
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Fitch's daily short-form commentary covering the most relevant credit issues for investors.
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- International Public Finance Ratings - LATAM / Senior Director
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- Investor Development - APAC / Senior Director
Ian Linnell is President of Fitch Ratings. Appointed in February 2017, he is responsible for the company's analytical, commercial and operational activities. With more than 20 years of credit analysis and management experience at Fitch, Mr. Linnell leads the firm's focus on producing high-quality credit ratings, research and analysis.
Prior to his current role, Mr. Linnell was Global Analytical head, overseeing ratings and research for all sectors including Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance & Covered Bonds, Sovereigns, U.S. Public Finance and Global Infrastructure and Project Finance. In that capacity he was also responsible for Fitch's Global Operations group.
Previously Mr. Linnell was Global Head of Structured Finance & Covered Bonds, leading the group that provides credit ratings and research on asset-backed securities, covered bonds, residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities and structured credit. Mr. Linnell has held numerous analytical roles at Fitch, including Head of EMEA Banks and Global Head of Credit Policy, where he expanded the group beyond the Americas to cover all other regions.
He joined Fitch in 1997 as a regional director in Financial Institutions, with responsibility for rating, analyzing and developing company criteria for Scandinavia, Switzerland and major UK financial institutions.
Prior to joining Fitch, Mr. Linnell spent five years as an analyst with Standard & Poor's. Earlier, he was an economist and a banking supervisor for the Bank of England.
Mr. Linnell earned a BA in economics from Newcastle Upon Tyne University.
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- Chief Operating Officer
- Fitch in 2000 As Head of Corporate Marketing
- Leadership, Chief Operating Officer
Karen Skinner is Chief Operating Officer of Fitch Ratings. Appointed in July 2017, she is responsible for the processes that govern Fitch's ratings production and delivery. Based in London, she reports to Ian Linnell, President of Fitch Ratings.
As Chief Operating Officer, Ms. Skinner oversees ratings operations, publishing, product development, business analytics and business transformation.
Previously Ms. Skinner was Managing Director of Strategy and Business Intelligence at Fitch Group, where she worked closely with multiple business partners to deliver strategic change across the business.
In this role, Ms. Skinner led a range of business transformation projects focused on new revenue streams, delivering cost savings and boosting Fitch's reputation. The team also designed and created business analytics tools that are now in use across the Fitch Group to identify opportunities and make faster, more-informed decisions.
Ms. Skinner joined Fitch in 2000 as head of corporate marketing. In 2003 she was appointed to lead the structured finance business development team where she oversaw activities across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Prior to joining Fitch, Ms. Skinner spent seven years at Schroders, initially in an analytical role covering corporate, financial institution, and sovereign credits; before joining the derivatives sales desk covering a UK client base.
Ms. Skinner has a degree in law (LLB) from Southampton University.
Job Titles:
- Head of Corporates - LATAM / Managing Director
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- Head
- Global Analytical Head
- Leadership, Global Analytical Head
Kevin Duignan is the Global Analytical Head for Fitch Ratings. He is based in New York, and oversees ratings and research globally for all sectors.
Kevin's previous responsibilities at Fitch over the past 27 years include heading the Global Financial Institutions group, the Global Structured Finance group, heading global Corporate Communications and leading the U.S. ABS group.
Before joining Fitch in 1993, Kevin was a manager and credit analyst in Citibank's treasury credit department and Citibank's mortgage conduit area.
Kevin received a B.S. in management from Tulane University.
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- Structured Finance Ratings - LATAM / Managing Director
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- Head of Business & Relationship Management
- Leadership, Global Group Head, BRM Global Management
- Managing Director, Global Business & Relationship
Mark Oline is Managing Director, Global Business & Relationship Management at Fitch Ratings, and a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee. Mr. Oline has overall responsibility for the firm's marketing, global business development efforts and oversight of Fitch's broad international office network. He manages a team of business development professionals that work to enhance Fitch's profile across global capital markets and asset classes, working with a variety of constituencies including investors, bankers, issuers and asset managers. He is responsible for ensuring that Fitch's ratings, expert commentary, in-depth research and the expertise of Fitch's 1,300 analysts around the world are valued resources to global investors.
Previously, Mr. Oline was the head of Fitch's global Corporate Finance group, overseeing the analytical teams that initiate and monitor the ratings of more than 1,700 entities across a broad range of industries. He was responsible for the quality and timeliness of the analytical and committee process, research efforts, and investor outreach.
Mr. Oline has been with Fitch and a predecessor company for 22 years, following eleven years in commercial banking with two major multinational banks.
He received a BS in international economics from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. He also received an MM from Northwestern University's Kellogg Graduate School of Management, with honors, completing a double major in finance and international business.
Job Titles:
- Chief Credit Officer
- Leadership, Chief Credit Officer
Richard Hunter is the global Chief Credit Officer for Fitch Ratings.
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- Global Infrastructure Ratings - APAC
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- Head of Structured Finance and Infrastructure - LATAM / Managing Director
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- Co - Head of APAC BRM / Managing Director
Job Titles:
- International Public Finance Ratings - APAC / Managing Director