Katie Falconi

Head of Credit Research & Risk Analytics, Fitch Ratings

Katie Falconi joined Fitch Ratings in 2017 as Regional Credit Officer for the Americas, and was named Head of Credit Research and Risk Analytics in June 2021. She is based in New York and leads the Credit Policy Group’s efforts on risk identification, credit research, and analytic tool development; she is also responsible for the group’s activities in the Americas region. From 1999 to 2014, Katie was a Vice President with Goldman, Sachs & Co. She began her career in the firm’s Credit department covering sovereigns, commodities, and Latin America corporates, and was chief credit officer for Goldman Sachs do Brasil. Katie was a founding member of Goldman Sachs’ counterparty risk group, launched in 2010, and helped to lead implementation efforts surrounding Basel III, Dodd Frank, and related risk monitoring initiatives. From 2014 to 2017, Katie was Head of the Risk and Research department for Farm Credit Banks’ Funding Corporation, with responsibility for Enterprise Risk Management and stress testing. Katie received an AB in political science and Latin American studies from Duke University.