Brett Hemsley appointed AP Head of Financial Institutions

Fitch Ratings has appointed Brett Hemsley as Managing Director and Head of the Financial Institutions group in Asia Pacific.

The appointment will enable Fitch to enhance its strategic focus in the region through oversight of the bank and insurance rating groups as well as a number of other product areas such as covered bonds, funds and asset management, international public finance and REITs. Brett will also take on a larger role in the analysis and management of the Financial Institutions analytical team in Japan. Brett Hemsley has rejoined Fitch from his previous position as Head of Research and Senior Banks Analyst at HSBC Securities (Japan).

Prior to this he worked at Fitch from 2001-2006 mainly in Tokyo where he was co-head of the Financial Institutions team, covering the major banks, leading initiation of the coverage of the shinkin and regional bank sector as well as expansion of the insurance sector rating coverage in Japan and around the region.