Neri Bukspan

Managing director, Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services

Neri is Standard & Poor’s global chief accountant, based in New York, and is responsible for providing direction on the manner in which financial statement information is analyzed and incorporated into Standard & Poor’s financial analysis and ratings considerations.

Neri chairs Standard & Poor’s accounting task force, directs the financial reporting specialists and accounting coordinators supporting Standard & Poor’s credit analysts in the industry groups, and is a member of Standard & Poor’s Analytical Policy Board. In this role, he oversees Standard & Poor’s accounting initiatives through advanced training, internal and external communications, and the establishment of a global internal accounting network. He supports Standard & Poor’s analysts, as well as CPAs and chartered accountants in the industry analytic teams in addressing the increasing complexity of emerging accounting and financial reporting matters. Neri joined Standard & Poor’s in 2002. Prior to that, he served in Ernst & Young's National Accounting office as a technical resource for the firm's professionals worldwide.

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