Michael West

Mr. West joined Moody’s in 1998 and is currently the head of MIS Ratings and Research. Previously, Mr. West served as Head of Global Corporate Finance and Head of Global Structured Finance. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for the research strategy for the ratings businesses and before that led Corporate Finance for the EMEA Region, European Corporates and the EMEA leveraged finance business.

Prior to Moody’s, Mr. West worked at Bank of America and HSBC in various credit roles. Mr. West has a Bachelor’s degree in Politics with Economics from Loughborough University and is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in the UK.