New York, USA - July 15, 2010, New York, USA - Kroll Bond Ratings, a financial analytic company, announced the appointment of its senior management team.
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Jules Kroll is the Chairman and CEO of Kroll Bond Ratings. He is the founder of Kroll Inc. and is the acknowledged founder of the modern investigations, intelligence, and corporate security industry.
In 1972, Mr. Kroll established Kroll Associates Inc. as a consultant to corporate purchasing departments, and in doing so, created the prototype for a new breed of professional services firm dedicated to mitigating risk.
Mr. Kroll received a B.A. degree from Cornell University in 1963 and an LL.B. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Managed Funds Association and currently serves as Board President of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Foundation.
James Nadler is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Kroll Bond Ratings. He was previously the Vice President for Corporate Development at General Re in the New England Asset Management Division.
Over the last two decades, Mr. Nadler has held several roles in the world of financial analysis, working for mainstays in the ratings industry as well independent research firms. As Executive Vice President at FitchRatings, he was responsible for strategy, budgets, hiring, product development, and credit rating criteria for the Structured Finance Group, a group he led.
Mr. Nadler began his career as a ratings officer at Standard & Poor's and as a senior accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He received a B.A. in Economics from the University of Kansas and an M.B.A. from Rutgers University.
Ajay Junnarkar is the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Kroll Bond Ratings. He joins the company from Marsh & McLennan Companies, where he served as a senior finance team member.
Mr. Junnarkar was holding roles including Vice President & Assistant Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer of its global reinsurance brokerage subsidiary, Guy Carpenter & Company, and Director in its Corporate Development and Strategy Group.
Mr. Junnarkar also worked at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., where he conducted due diligence investigations for its investment, merchant and private banking operations. He began his career as a forensic accountant at Kroll Inc. ■