Jim Nadler

Jim Nadler is President and CEO of Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA).

Prior to joining KBRA, Jim was responsible for all alternative assets in the New England Asset Management Division at General Re Corporation.

Over the last 30 years, Jim has held several executive roles in the financial analysis arena, including at mainstays in the ratings industry as well as independent research firms. In 1989, he joined Fitch Ratings when it was recapitalized and over the next decade was instrumental in the growth of Fitch’s Structured Finance area before leaving the company in 2001.

Jim began his career as a senior accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers before moving to Standard & Poor’s (now S&P Global Ratings), where he worked as a ratings officer.

Jim is the Board Chairman of DealVector, serves on the boards of Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited, and the New York City/Long Island Chapter of JDRF, and is an elected member of The Economic Club of New York.

Jim earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Kansas and an MBA from Rutgers University.