Head of Credit & Risk Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Whit leads Credit & Risk Solutions (C&RS), a business unit within Market Intelligence (MI), that focuses on a broad set of credit risk management products and solutions. In this role, Whit is responsible for the P/L of the business, including optimizing growth of existing products, accelerating growth for developing products, and oversight of MI’s growth strategy in China. He is a member of the divisional operating and risk committees. More recently, Whit also led the global Credit Solutions group and the expansion of the growth-focused Credit Analytics group.
He has 25 years of industry experience focused primarily in the capital and commodity markets. Prior to joining Market Intelligence, he worked on the Corporate Strategy and M&A team at Cargill, a global commodity and energy company based in Minneapolis. In this role, he split his time between leading M&A transactions and internal strategy projects both at the corporate and business unit level. Additionally, he served as a Vice President in the Institutional Equity Derivatives group at Morgan Stanley in London and New York.
Whit holds a B.A. degree in Economics from Hamilton College and an MBA from the Darden Business School at University of Virginia. He currently serves as a member of The University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business Corporate Advisory Board and chairs the Corporate Engagement Committee. He also a member of the Development Committee for the Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut.
