Nordic Credit Rating announced today that its Board of Directors has appointed Michael Andersson to the position as Head of Rating (CRO) of the company.
Nordic Credit Rating AS is a newly established Nordic rating agency which will provide credit ratings and financial analysis to the Nordic mid-market of financial institutions and corporates. Nordic Credit Rating is mainly owned by Nordic banks and insurance companies and will have offices in Oslo and Stockholm.
Michael Anderson has held several senior positions within credit research at SEB, S&P Global Ratings and Carnegie Investment Bank, as well as within equity research at Danske Bank and Evli Bank. He holds a Master of Science in Electric and Electronic Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology. Michael will take up position as CRO on January 1, 2018.
“Nordic Credit Rating will be an important, Nordic-based, addition to the Nordic capital markets, which will strengthen transparency, and diversification, for issuers and investors”, says Michael Andersson.
“Michael`s extensive financial skills and practise provides a strong foundation for building up Nordic Credit Rating to be a significant part of the Nordic financial market” says Ragnar Sjoner, Chairman of the Board of Nordic Credit Rating, and continues “with Gustav Liedgren in place as CEO and Michael Anderson as CRO we have a good foundation for establishing Nordic Credit Rating and recruitment of the rest of the staff needed”.
For more information:
Ragnar Sjoner, Chairman of the Board: +47 928 21 998
Gustav Liedgren: +46 736 49 65 43