Bart Oosterveld

Bart joined Fitch Ratings as Chief Criteria Officer in March 2022. Before joining Fitch, Bart was a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, an international affairs thinktank, and an independent advisor to companies and governments in the areas of macroeconomic, credit, and country risk. Bart additionally served as a senior advisor at ACG Analytics, an investment fund advisory firm.

Prior to joining the Atlantic Council in 2017, Bart worked at Moody’s for almost two decades. In his most recent role as chief credit officer, he was responsible for credit strategy in the Americas. Between 2010 and 2014, Bart served as Moody’s global head of sovereign ratings. Among other positions, he was also chair of the company’s Macroboard, its chief credit officer for governmental ratings, as well as management representative to the Moody’s Corporation’s board of directors.

Bart graduated with degrees in the philosophy of law and the history of Spanish literature from the University of Amsterdam. He holds master’s degrees in public policy from Columbia University and in economics from Georgetown University.