Bob Durante is a Senior Director in Global Risk Services for S&P Global Market Intelligence. In his role, Bob is responsible for managing client service engagements, providing analytical thought leadership and helping clients measure and manage their credit risk. Since joining S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2008, Bob has led dozens of client engagement projects that focus on development of internal risk rating systems, validation of risk rating and stress testing models and deployment of dozens of Credit Assessment Scorecards representing all major asset classes. Full Bio

Bob also leads a regular webinar series called Risk Insights that provides thought leadership and information sharing for existing and prospective clients. Recent webinars include the 2015 CCAR Stress Testing Results, Key Action Steps to Meet Model Regulatory Requirements, Detroit Bankruptcy & Recovery, Financing the World Cup through Project Finance, Bank Stress Testing & Risk Management, Key SME Building Blocks, Effectively Managing Model Risk, Top 10 Probability of Default Scorecard Pitfalls and LGD Model Development.

Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, Bob has held senior analytical and managerial positions for over 25 years in Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, including chairing rating committees to assign, confirm, update or downgrade credit ratings. Bob is noted for his award-winning level of client service, thought leadership, analytical innovation and project/staff management. Also, Bob serves on the McGraw-Hill Financial Inc. (MHFI) Corporate Responsibility: Financial Essentials Working Group to ensure alignment between business and philanthropic objectives with particular focus on helping reduce the “lending gap” for women-owned small enterprises in emerging markets. Minimize

Eduardo Alves is an analytical team lead at S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Risk Services. He delivers risk management solutions for financial institutions of varying sizes and specialties, with a primary focus in the Americas region. Mr. Alves is results-focused and has an outstanding record of exceeding client objectives through high-quality and consistent applications in the areas of credit risk rating methodologies, internal risk rating systems design and validation, stress testing, and thought leadership. Full Bio

Eduardo Alves is an analytical team lead at S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Risk Services. He delivers risk management solutions for financial institutions of varying sizes and specialties, with a primary focus in the Americas region. Mr. Alves is results-focused and has an outstanding record of exceeding client objectives through high-quality and consistent applications in the areas of credit risk rating methodologies, internal risk rating systems design and validation, stress testing, and thought leadership.

Prior to S&P Global Market Intelligence, Mr. Alves held positions at Promontory Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, and the World Bank. While at Promontory, he supported bank holding companies in developing and enhancing comprehensive stress testing frameworks required under DFAST and CCAR; including risk identification, capital planning, drafting of policies and guidelines, and regulatory submission reviews. At Mizuho, he analyzed financial institutions and large corporates in support of commercial loan originations in Latin America. Moreover, he conducted economic research and statistical analysis for various World Bank publications – chiefly the World Development Report 2009.

A native of São Paulo, Brazil, Mr. Alves has extensive international exposure and acumen. He holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Essex (Colchester, England) and a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs and Economics from The George Washington University (Washington, DC). Minimize

Isabella Vallory is an associate at S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Credit Risk Solutions. Full Bio

Isabella Vallory is an associate at S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Credit Risk Solutions. As a leading member of the Americas Scorecard team, she focuses on product development, analytical innovation and thought leadership of the U.S. public finance segment. She delivers credit risk management solutions for institutions of different sizes and specialties with a primary focus in the Americas region.  Prior to this role, Ms. Vallory held various roles at S&P Global Market Intelligence where she provided award-winning client support and product training.

Ms. Vallory holds a Postgraduate Teaching course and a summa cum laude Bachelor Degree of Arts in International Affairs from the University of Salvador (Buenos Aires, Argentina) where she has worked as an Associate Professor teaching International Economics/ Finance.   Minimize