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ExCred Americas
October 29, 2025
The Westin New York at Times SquareNew York City, USA

Babak Tavassolie
Head Analyst - Political and Credit Risk at SCOR
Speaker

Profile

Babak Tavassolie is Head Analyst in SCOR’s Political and Credit Risk team. He began his career during the week of Lehman Brother’s collapse. Since then, he has worked for several investment banks and insurance companies in London.

He studied East Asian Studies in Bochum and Shanghai, and - after a year as a journalist in Beijing – completed a degree in International Studies at Soas, University of London.

Born in post-revolutionary Iran, Babak lived in the Soviet Union for a few years before moving to Germany in the mid-1980s. Having lived through three different political systems, and a couple of (geo)political upheavals, geopolitics, international relations, and political risks have been part of his life from an early age.


Agenda Sessions

  • The latest U.S. political developments: Impacts on global trade, investment and insurance

    09:05