Brian Studioso

European Head of Credit Research, CreditSights at Fitch Solutions

Speaker

Brian is CreditSights’ European Head of Research. Prior to this role, he led the team covering the European Autos and Industrials sectors. Brian’s primary European coverage responsibilities as a Senior analyst has cut across High Grade and High Yield European Autos, Capital Goods, Airlines and Transportation sectors. He joined the Industrials team in New York at CreditSights in 2003, where he covered IG and HY credits across the Aerospace & Defense, Rail, Freight & Logistics, and European Airlines sectors, before moving to London in 2008 to help build out our European Autos coverage and support the European High Yield effort. Prior to CreditSights, Brian worked as a mechanical design engineer for Trumpf Inc. (1999-2001), which allowed him to bring experience in the industrial manufacturing industry to his role as analyst. Brian earned an MBA from Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business and received a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor of Arts in German from the University of Connecticut in 1999.