Richard Francis

Sovereigns / Co-Head of Americas Sovereigns, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings

Richard Francis is Co-Head of the America’s Sovereigns Rating Group at Fitch Ratings, based in New York. He co-manages sovereigns ratings in the Americas and helps lead the research initiative on sovereigns rated by Fitch in the Americas. He is also the lead sovereigns analyst covering the United States and Colombia, among others. He is a frequent spokesperson for the group on sovereign ratings.

Prior to joining Fitch in 2016, Richard was a Director for the sovereigns group at Standard and Poor’s where he covered countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Richard also worked at Morgan Stanley in the Latin American Economics Research Group.

Richard earned a B.A. in political science from Rice University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia University.