Alexandre Birry is the Chief Analytical Officer for S&P Global Ratings’ Financial Institutions group. Full Bio

Alexandre Birry is the Chief Analytical Officer for S&P Global Ratings’ Financial Institutions group. Based in London, his responsibilities include coordinating S&P Global Ratings’ efforts to drive analytical consistency and ratings quality for banks and non-bank financial institutions, and the contribution to and coordination of sector research publications. Alexandre is also the co-chair of the cross-practice S&P Global Ratings Research Council. He also chairs a cross-divisional research lab on digital assets. Previously acting as sector lead for EMEA Financial Institutions, he also chaired an internal taskforce analyzing the potential impact of regulatory developments on bank ratings, in addition to being an active participant in rating committees globally.  Alexandre joined S&P Global Ratings in November 2009, covering over time a large number of banks across Europe.

His previous working experience includes five years in Fitch Ratings' Financial Institutions team, covering banks in Northern Europe, and two years at UBS, within the corporate finance Financial Institutions Group.

Alexandre holds a Master in Management, with a major in finance, from HEC Paris, as well as a CEMS (Community of European Management Schools) Master in International Management Minimize

Thomas A. Watters is a Managing Director in Corporate Ratings. Full Bio

Thomas A. Watters is a Managing Director in Corporate Ratings. Tom’s current role is Sector Specialist for the Oil & Gas and Chemicals Industries, serving as analytic leader and industry spokesperson. Prior to his current role, Tom served as Analytic Manager for the Oil & Gas team, a role he held for seven years since September 2007. Before this, Tom served for five years as the Team Leader for the Metals & Mining, Paper & Forestry and Building Materials industries. Tom joined S&P Global Ratings in November of 1997 as an Associate Director in the Metals & Mining team providing analytic coverage on a variety of companies. Prior to joining S&P Global Ratings, Tom worked for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners as a Senior Security Analyst from 1994-1997 following the oil & gas, paper & forestry, and metals & mining industries. Tom also worked for Chemical Bank for five years as a middle-market Account Officer lending to various industries. Tom earned an M.B.A. and B.B.A., in Corporate Finance, from Hofstra University (1991, 1987). Tom also successfully completed Chemical Bank’s Credit Training Program in 1991. Minimize

Michelle is Head of the CreditPro® product, owning product development, quality assurance, strategy, go to market, thought leadership and the customer experience globally. Full Bio

Michelle is Head of the CreditPro® product, owning product development, quality assurance, strategy, go to market, thought leadership and the customer experience globally. Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Michelle was a portfolio manager at Barclays Global Investors, State Street Global Advisors and Goldman Sachs Asset Management (with responsibility of AUM of up to USD 1 billion), where she focused on alpha, portfolio construction and risk research. Minimize