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Ahmet E. Kocagil is a managing director and global head of Fitch–QFR. Fitch QFR is the quantitative financial research and modelling group that supports all structured finance (e.g. ABS, CDOs, CMBS, RMBS, CMBS, and covered bonds), as well as fundamental credit risk analysis teams (e.g. corporates, financial institutions, insurance, public finance, sovereigns, and utilities) within Fitch Ratings globally. The group has research teams that are located in New York, London, and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Fitch in 2004, Ahmet was in charge of the global EDF modelling team at Moody's KMV and has been involved extensively with research as well as client interactions supporting the products around the world. Ahmet has a PhD in financial econometrics from City University of New York. For approximately seven years, he taught and performed research at the Pennsylvania State University, focusing on empirical econometrics and finance with an endowed fellowship. | 