Roberto is Managing Director and Global Head of Analytics and Research for Sovereign and International Public Finance Ratings (IPF).

In this role, he leads a team of senior specialists based in New York, London, Madrid, Stockholm, Mexico City, & Singapore that monitors ratings on sovereigns, sub sovereigns and multilateral and development financial institutions throughout the world. Prior to that, he was the head of the Sovereign and IPF ratings group for the Americas and the Caribbean managing the team’s
analytical efforts in the region.

Roberto’s work experience, before joining S&P in 2003 as
a sovereign ratings analyst, includes several analytical
positions at Banco Santander and Banco Sudameris in
Argentina.

He holds a degree in Business Administration from the
Universidad de Belgrano, in Argentina, and a Master’s
Degree in International Affairs, specializing in International
Economic Policy, from Columbia University in New York.

Eng Tan is the Managing Director for the Sovereign Ratings team in Asia-Pacific. Based in Singapore, he leads the sovereign team’s analytical and outreach activities in the region. He is S&P Global Ratings main spokesperson for sovereign ratings in Asia-Pacific. He is also a member of the global sovereign criteria committee that is responsible for methodology enhancements and evaluating methodology-related issues relevant to sovereign ratings.

Before joining S&P Global Ratings, Kim Eng was an economist in the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. At the MAS, he was a money market manager responsible for implementing foreign exchange policy and money market operations as well as development of the Singapore government securities market.

Kim Eng holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honors) from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and a Master’s degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, UK.