Bart Oosterveld, Global Managing Director of Sovereign Risk, Moody's

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Bart Oosterveld is a Managing Director and the head of Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. In this capacity, he supervises Moody’s global team of sovereign risk analysts, helps maintain the quality of ratings, and assures analytical leadership. Prior to assuming this position, Bart served as Chief Credit Officer for the Global Public, Project and Infrastructure Finance franchise, responsible for ratings performance and consistency in the Sovereign, Sub-sovereign, U.S. Public Finance, and Infrastructure Finance areas.

Bart is a member of Moody’s Credit Policy Committee and Macroeconomic Board, and serves as the management representative to the Moody’s Investors Service Board, a sub-committee of the corporation’s Board of Directors. He first joined Moody’s in 1997 and is the author or co-author of a large number of Moody’s special comments and rating methodologies.

Bart holds degrees in Law and Spanish Literature from the University of Amsterdam. He received a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University, and an M.A. in Economics from Georgetown University. He recently advanced to candidacy and is in the dissertation phase of his doctorate in Economics.