Diane Vazza is the Head of Global Fixed Income Research at Standard & Poor’s. Her analyses, forecasts and research on global credit markets have earned her an international audience and she is widely quoted in the financial media, including the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, CNBC, Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters.

Diane has 30 years’ experience working in the capital markets, including rating agency, regulatory, trading, credit and banking experience at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Citibank and Chase Manhattan Bank. In 2006, Credit Magazine named Diane one of the top 50 women across the globe in credit and fixed income. She has traveled to over 100 countries. Diane holds a BA degree in both Classics (Latin and Ancient Greek) and French from Holy Cross College. She is past President (2004-2005) of the Fixed Income Analysts Society and is on the Board of Directors.