S&P Names Structured Finance Chief

David Jacob has been named executive managing director and head of structured finance ratings at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services. Mr. Jacob replaces Vickie Tillman, who has been acting head since January when Joanne Rose became executive managing director for risk and quality policy at S&P. The rating agency termed Mr. Jacob "a pioneer in the securitization industry" with 25 years of experience in fixed-income investment analysis and the structured finance markets. Most recently a principal with Adelson & Jacob Consulting, he previously led the Structuring Department at Nomura Securities International and was later managing director and head of international fixed-income research. He was managing director and head of fixed-income research at JPMorgan, and served as vice president and head of quantitative analytics at Morgan Stanley. S&P can be found online at http://www.standardandpoors.com.