VantageScore Names Prez/CEO

Barrett Burns has been named president and chief executive officer of VantageScore Solutions LLC, Stamford, Conn., which was launched in March by the three national credit reporting companies to offer a consistent approach to scoring consumer creditworthiness.The company said Mr. Burns, 60, has more than three decades of experience in risk and credit management and has held senior leadership positions at Citibank, Ford Motor Credit, and Bank One. Before joining VantageScore, Mr. Burns was the executive vice president in charge of the National Private Banking Group of U.S. Trust. VantageScore is a predictive scoring system that was created jointly by Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. VantageScore can be found online at http://www.vantagescore.com.