Christopher Krantz

Based in London, Christopher leads the Communications teams for S&P Global Ratings and S&P Dow Jones Indices. Christopher sits on the Ratings Operating Committee and Communications Leadership Team and leads a team of experienced communicators across the Americas, EMEA and APAC

His current remit encompasses a global role for the businesses including issues management, crisis communications, employee communications, financial communications, reputation management and public relations. He works with senior leaders in the Ratings and S&P Dow Jones Indices divisions to plan and execute strategic outreach to media and employees on key topics and to protect the reputation of the divisions and company. In previous roles with S&P Global, Christopher was in leadership in roles with regional and corporate communications responsibility, covering executive, financial and cross-divisional communications.

Prior to joining the company in 2017, Christopher worked in communications at Morningstar, where he was part of the communications team in EMEA and led a transformation of the communications function in Australia. He also led communications at an alternative investment firm and worked as a management consultant for a boutique firm specializing in scenario planning and helping clients become future ready. He has served as a Lecturer in Economic History at the University of Hertfordshire and taught at the University of London.

Christopher holds an M.A. from New York University and a B.A. from Columbia University and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK.