Part III of the February 29th Conference on Debt Ratings includes a presentation on Sovereign Debt by Norbert Gaillard and A European View of the American Ratings Agencies by Peter Kerstens.

Speaker / Author

Norbert Gaillard, Ph.D.

Economist and Independent Consultant

Norbert Gaillard is an economist and independent consultant. His PhD dissertation, completed in 2008 and supervised by Professor Marc Flandreau, dealt with sovereign ratings methodologies. Norbert Gaillard was a Fulbright Fellow at Princeton University. He has served as consultant to the IFC, the World Bank, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (France), the State of Sonora (Mexico), the OECD, and the European Parliament. He is currently visiting professor at the Graduate Institute (Geneva). He has written several research articles on sovereign debt and credit rating agencies. He has published two books: Les Agences de Notation (La Découverte, Paris, 2010) and ... Read More

Peter Kerstens

Economics and Finance Counselor, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States

Peter is economics and finance counselor at the Delegation of the European Commission to the USA, covering in particular financial services and financial markets regulation. Prior to his posting to Washington DC in August 2008, Peter was a member of Internal Market and Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy's Private Office. He advised the commissioner since his nomination in August 2004 and prepared him for his confirmation hearing. Peter has been closely involved in the preparation and negotiation of all major pieces of EU legislation in Commissioner McCreevy portfolio and was also his principal liaison with the European Parliament. From 2001 until 2004, Peter ... Read More