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Fitch Hires Simeons for European ABS Business Development

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Fitch Ratings hired James Simeons as a senior directorfor ABS business development in the EMEA region.

Simeons will manage the implementation of numerous initiatives Fitch has developed to further support investor decision making in the ABS markets. He reports to Karen Skinner, managing director and head of structured finance business development for EMEA.

Simeons spent the last nine years at JPMorgan and Heritage Organizations working most recently as an executive director within the conduit securitization group. He covered a variety of asset classes including, auto finance, credit cards, consumer loans, lease receivables and trade
receivables.   


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