S&P Global Research Council
The S&P Global Research Council offers the broader view. In this era of turbulence and change, the broader view is essential.
About the S&P Global Research Council
A changing world requires new insights, new analysis, and new approaches. The impact of geopolitical events, supply chain issues, health crises, and a changing climate is never confined to a single sector or market. Our clients require expertise and analysis that looks at the big picture.
The S&P Global Research Council was created to bring together leading experts from across our company to generate the type of research that our clients increasingly need. From capital markets to energy markets, from commodity markets to sustainability, we focus on the biggest challenges and opportunities in the world today.
From examining a world in disruption to illuminating the shadowy private markets; exploring the rise of India to mapping the contours of rapidly evolving supply chains to tracking the progress of the energy transition, our existing reports and those still to come provide the insights we all need to made decisions with conviction.
The work of the Council exemplifies the role of S&P Global in powering global markets and provides the perspectives our customers need to focus on the future.
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Research Council Members
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Atul Arya, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Strategist
His areas of expertise include business strategy, commercial analysis, oil markets, energy technologies, climate change and renewables. He has previously led Energy Insight, Research and Analysis and Energy Research teams at S&P Global (Now a part of S&P Global). Dr. Atul previously worked for BP for over 20 years in a number of operational, business, technical and strategic positions around the world. His career includes international leadership experience in a diverse array of energy fields spanning strategy development, business planning, field operations and technology commercialization. His experience includes leadership in solar energy development as well as oil and gas. Dr. Atul has previously served on boards of several companies and institutions and is member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Advanced Energy Technologies and is 25+ year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He is a sought-after speaker and moderator at public conferences, company boards and industry events and a member of the CERAWeek leadership team.
He holds B.S., M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in engineering.
S&P Global Ratings
Alexandra Dimitrijevic
Global Head of Research & Development
S&P Global
Martina L. Cheung
S&P Global
President & CEO, S&P Global
Martina L. Cheung is President, CEO, and a member of the Board of Directors of S&P Global.
Previously, Ms. Cheung was President of S&P Global Ratings and served as the Executive Lead of S&P Global Sustainable1. Earlier, she was President of S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Ms. Cheung joined the Company in 2010 as Vice President of Operations for S&P Global Ratings and went on to serve as S&P Global’s Chief Strategy Officer. She also was Head of Risk Services for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Prior to joining S&P Global, Ms. Cheung worked for Accenture’s Financial Services Strategy group and later as a Partner at Mitchell Madison Consulting.
Ms. Cheung was named one of the Most Powerful Women in Finance by American Banker and included on the list of Influential Women in Institutional Investing by Pensions & Investments in 2024. Also in 2024, INvolve named her to its 100 Empower Executives list for the second consecutive year. Ms. Cheung received the Merit Award from The Women's Bond Club in 2022. In addition, she was honored at the 2022 Ascend A-List Awards for advancing Pan-Asian professionals, and she was inducted into the Academy of Women Leaders by the YWCA New York City in 2016.
Ms. Cheung is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and served on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) subcommittee on Climate-Related Market Risk.
Ms. Cheung serves on the Board of Trustees for Catholic Charities New York and was a member of the Board of CRISIL, a global analytics company and India’s leading credit ratings agency.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a master’s degree in business studies from National University of Ireland, Galway.
S&P Dow Jones Indices
Tim Edwards
S&P Dow Jones Indices
Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy
Tim Edwards is Managing Director and Global Head of Index Investment Strategy at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). The group provides research and commentary on S&P DJI’s entire product set, including U.S. and global equities, commodities, fixed income, and economic indices.
Prior to joining S&P DJI in 2013, Tim worked for Barclays Capital, initially within fund-linked derivatives and subsequently in exchange-traded products and index-linked derivatives. Prior to that, he worked at the Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Tim holds a Ph.D in pure mathematics from University College London.
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Dave Ernsberger
Co-President, S&P Global Commodity Insights
Dave Ernsberger is co-President of S&P Global Commodity Insights and a member of S&P Global’s Executive Leadership Team.
Most recently, Mr. Ernsberger was Head of Market Reporting and Trading Solutions at S&P Global Commodity Insights. In that role, he was responsible for managing Platts commodity price benchmarks worldwide, including market reporting, news coverage and exchange relationships, from well-established markets like oil and gas through to emerging market environments like new Energy Transition commodities and recycled materials.
Prior to that, Mr. Ernsberger served in a variety of roles at Platts, including Head of Oil Content; Editorial Director for Asia (based in Singapore), and Houston Bureau Chief. He joined Platts in 1996 as a metals reporter in London, and launched coverage of Europe’s then-deregulating gas and electricity markets in 1999.
A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Mr. Ernsberger holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy and politics from Warwick University, England, and a master's degree in international relations from Southampton University, England.
S&P Global
Ken Fredman
Head of Editorial, Design and Publishing
S&P Global Ratings
Paul Gruenwald, Ph.D.
S&P Global Ratings
Global Chief Economist
S&P Global Sustainable1
Lindsey Hall
S&P Global Sustainable1
Global Head of Thought Leadership
Lindsey Hall is Head of ESG Thought Leadership at S&P Global Sustainable1, where she co-hosts the ESG Insider podcast and is a steering member of S&P Global's Diversity Research Lab.
She got her start in financial journalism writing for various Financial Times publications in London before joining SNL Financial in 2010, where she spent a decade covering financial news and regulation as a reporter and editor.
Lindsey holds a Masters from the London School of Economics.
S&P Global
Nathan Hunt
S&P Global
Head of Content and Digital Marketing
S&P Global Ratings
Christopher Krantz
Global Head of Communications, S&P Global Ratings and Sustainable1
His current remit encompasses a global role for the businesses including issues management, crisis communications, employee communications, financial communications and media relations. He works with senior leaders in the Ratings division and Sustainble1 to plan and execute strategic outreach to media and employees on key topics and to protect the reputation of the division and company.
Prior to joining the company in 2017, Christopher worked in communications at Morningstar, where he was part of the communications team in EMEA and led a transformation of the communications function in Australia. He also led communications at an alternative investment firm and worked as a management consultant for a boutique firm specializing in scenario planning and thinking about the future. He has served as a Lecturer in Economic History at the University of Hertfordshire and taught at the University of London.
Christopher holds an M.A. from New York University and a B.A. from Columbia University and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing in the UK.
S&P Global Ratings
Alexandra Krief
Head of Non-Ratings Business Enablement
S&P Global
Shankar Krishnamurthy
Head of EssentialTech COE and Innovation, S&P Global
S&P Global Mobility
Joe Lafeir
President, SVP, Automotive Insights
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Daniel J. Sandberg
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Global Head of Quantitative Research & Solutions
Daniel J. Sandberg, PhD, CFA is a thought-leader at the intersection of data science, finance, and mathematics. After 9 years studying the physical sciences, Dan decided to apply his quantitative skill set to the field of equity research. In his current role, Dan leads original research projects, validates new alternative data sets, and builds better technology for Investment Management professionals.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Nathan Stovall
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Director, Financial Institutions Research
Nathan Stovall, with 17 years' experience covering the banking sector, is a principal analyst for the FIG Research offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence. His primary responsibilities include covering and analyzing financial institutions, with a focus on the banking industry.
He is the author of the banking blog, Street Talk, and host of the podcast by the same name. His in-depth analysis of the banking industry, including a focus on community banks, can be found on SPGMI's Research & Analysis feature, which includes historical and forward-looking performance figures.
During his tenure, he has regularly covered and participated on the conference circuit, moderating panels and webinars focused on major issues facing banks. He has spoken as industry events as well, offering updates on bank fundamentals, market conditions and forecasts for what lies ahead. He has been quoted in a number of trade publications and the national press, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Financial Times and has appeared on Fox Business News and NPR's Planet Money.
Nathan holds a Bachelor of Arts degrees from Washington & Lee University, where he majored in business journalism
S&P Global
Chris Tanner
Kensho
Head of R&D
Dr. Chris Tanner is the Head of R&D at Kensho, where he directs Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) research that primarily concerns language modelling, structured document extraction, entity linking, and summarization.
Dr. Chris Tanner is the Head of R&D at Kensho, where he directs Machine Learning (ML) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) research that primarily concerns language modelling, structured document extraction, entity linking, and summarization. Chris also holds a joint faculty appointment at MIT, where he teaches large ML/NLP graduate courses. Before joining Kensho, Chris was a full-time lecturer at Harvard, where he also advised graduate students on research. Since 2004, he has conducted ML research within industry, government, and academia, with positions at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Spotify, Google, IBM Watson, etc. He received his PhD from Brown University.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Natznet Tesfay
Head of Insights & Analysis
Her areas of specialization include geopolitical risks and influence mapping affecting emerging market debt vulnerabilities, energy transition pathways and global supply chain re-alignment. Before leading the research group, Natznet led the Africa team for over a decade, developing the integrated analytic capabilities as well as regional risk indicator and horizon scanning infrastructure, drawing on a range of methodologies such as geospatial analysis and scenario modeling techniques
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Ruth Yang
S&P Global Ratings
Managing Director, Global Head of Ratings Thought Leadership
As Global Head of Private Markets & Thought Leadership, Ruth Yang is responsible for developing and expanding S&P Global Ratings’ coverage of private credit alongside the franchise’s market engagement in both public and private markets through thought leadership outreach.
As Global Head of Private Markets & Thought Leadership, Ruth Yang is responsible for developing and expanding S&P Global Ratings’ coverage of private credit alongside the franchise’s market engagement in both public and private markets through thought leadership outreach. She serves as the Chair of the cross-divisional S&P Global Private Debt Research Lab.
Previously, she led the company’s Credit Research & Insights research team, overseeing the creation and publication of macro-credit and thematic research, risk assessments, rating transition analyses, and credit market forecasts while governing the Credit Conditions Committee (CCC) process. Ruth has more than 25 years of experience in the leveraged finance markets—including with Fitch Solutions as Managing Director for Leveraged Finance Intelligence, where she was responsible for developing their leveraged finance offerings; and with Leveraged Commentary & Data, where she managed leveraged finance content and operations globally for more than 15 years.
Ruth received an A.B. with honors from Harvard University.