Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor is president and chief executive officer of Fitch Group, a leading provider of essential financial information and services to the global financial markets.

Mr. Taylor was appointed to this position in April 2012 and is based in London. Mr. Taylor is also a senior vice president of Hearst, the parent company of Fitch Group, is a member of Hearst’s board of directors and is a testamentary trustee under the will of William Randolph Hearst.

Mr. Taylor previously served as president of Fitch Ratings, a leading provider of credit ratings, commentary and research. Prior to this appointment in 2010, he spent two years as global head of structured finance ratings, presiding over numerous ratings reforms following the 2007 collapse of the U.S. housing market.

Mr. Taylor has held a variety of analytical leadership positions at Fitch Ratings, including global head of sovereign, public finance, corporate, and financial institution ratings.

Prior to joining Fitch as part of the Duff & Phelps (“DCR”) acquisition in May 2000, Mr. Taylor was head of international ratings at DCR and a director and head of European structured finance for Standard & Poor’s ratings group. He began his career in corporate lending at Lloyds Bank Limited.