Laura Kaster, CFA, currently serves as a Senior Director at Fitch Ratings, specializing as a Credit Analyst for North and South American Financial Institutions since January 2017. Previously, Laura worked as a Senior Analyst at Bloomberg from January 2010 to July 2016, focusing on Financials and Capital Markets. Prior experience includes roles as Associate Director at Sandler O'Neill + Partners, L.P. and Piper Jaffray, where responsibilities encompassed FIG investment banking and senior equity analysis, respectively. Laura began their career as a Vice President at ABN AMRO Bank N.V., analyzing financials from May 1998 to June 2001. Laura holds a degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) awarded by the CFA Institute.