Gabriel David appointed Global Head of Crisil GRA

Ratings firm Crisil today announced the appointment of Gabriel David as its Global Head of Business Development and Marketing for its global research and analytics business.

Crisil's Global Research and Analytics (Crisil GRA) business is the leading provider of high-end research and analytics to the world's largest financial institutions and leading global corporations.

Operating from seven research centres around the world, Crisil GRA serves 11 of the top 15 global investment banks and 30 Fortune 500 companies, across a range of industries.

"With an experience of over three decades in global financial services, I am confident that Gabriel will be able to position Crisil GRA more strongly among leading global financial institutions and international corporations and will help the business gear-up for the next level of growth," Crisil Senior Director (Global Research and Analytics Business) G V Mani said in a statement.

"This appointment reflects the growing demand for our services worldwide and also our commitment to building stronger relationships with our customers," he said.

David is globally acknowledged as an authority on risk management and has been an external adviser to senior bank executives and central banks and regulators in the G-20 countries in IT and business process operations, risk management, credit risk management, Basel II, Solvency II and EU/Capital Adequacy Directive III compliance.