Jithma S. Vidanagamage

Jithma S. Vidanagamage has a diverse range of work experience across various industries. Starting in 2009, they worked as a Financial Planning & Analysis Co-op at Johnson & Johnson | Vistakon. In 2010, they continued at Johnson & Johnson | Vistakon as an Operations Finance Intern. They then worked as a Business Development professional at Amlanka Consulting Services, Inc. and as a Commercial Banking Associate at Fifth Third Bank. In 2014, they became an Equity Trader at an independent company before joining Illinois MBA Consulting in 2017 as a Project Lead. From 2018 to 2019, they worked as a Venture Capital Fellow at Illinois Ventures, where they conducted diligence on start-up deals and drafted investment memos. In 2019, they joined S&P Global as an Associate in Corporate Ratings. Currently, Jithma holds the position of Vice President of Ratings Advisory in Corporate & Leveraged Finance at Crédit Agricole CIB, starting in 2022.

Jithma S. Vidanagamage completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree in Finance from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2017 to 2019. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from the same university, spanning from 2008 to 2011. In 2008, Jithma briefly studied Business at the University of the West of England, though the degree obtained is unspecified.