Marcin Petrykowski joined Standard & Poor’s in January 2014. Since then he is S&P’s Regional Head for Central and Eastern Europe and in this capacity responsible for S&P’s franchise, strategy as well as management of the ratings business across the region. Marcin is also S&P’s Ratings General Manager for Poland, running the Warsaw branch office, firm’s hub for Central and Eastern Europe. From March 2015 Marcin serves as Head of EMEA Relationship Management, leading a senior team based in London, Paris and Frankfurt structuring firm wide partnerships with S&P’s top tier strategic clients across the Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Marcin is an FCA-approved investment advisor, with higher education obtained from Koźmiński University (Warsaw, Poland - Management and International Trade Affairs); School of Economics and Management (Lund, Sweden – International Finance) and University of Warsaw (post graduate program for CFO’s).