Alastair Sewell is head of fund and asset manager ratings for EMEA and Asia-Pacific at Fitch Ratings. He has been in this role since 2014. In this role he has overall responsibility for all ratings and research on funds and investment managers in these regions. Alastair has a specialism in green bond funds and has produced extensive research charting the development of this fund class. His other specialisms include fund liquidity risk and money market funds.

Prior to his current role, Alastair held roles with increasing levels of responsibility in the fund and asset manager rating group since 2008. Alastair originally joined Fitch in 2004, as an analyst in the structured finance rating group, responsible for rating collateralized debt obligations and similar vehicles. Alastair began his career at a UK local authority.

Alastair earned an MBA with distinction from the University of Bath and a BSc from the University of Bristol. He is a CFA charterholder. Alastair is based in London.