Jan Friederich 

Head of Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa Sovereign and Western Europe Sovereign Ratings, Fitch Ratings

Jan Friederich is the Head of Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa Sovereign and Western Europe Sovereign Ratings at Fitch Ratings. He manages a team covering a portfolio of around 80 sovereigns. He often participates in international fora and in investor discussions on matters of debt sustainability, the treatment of debt restructurings and the economic and fiscal prospects of the regions and sectors under his coverage. He spent most of his time before joining Fitch in 2015 at the Economist Intelligence Unit in economic analysis roles in London, New York, Beijing and Hong Kong. He studied at the Free University of Berlin, the University of Cambridge and the University of London.