Michele Napolitano is a senior director and Head of the Western Europe sovereign team, based in London. He re-joined Fitch in December 2016 from Barclays Investment Bank where he was a senior economist in their risk department. Prior to this, he spent four years with Fitch where he held various analytical roles in the Sovereign Ratings Group, within the emerging and western European teams. Prior to joining Fitch, he was an economic adviser to the UK department of business, innovation and skills (BIS) and a senior economist for the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Mr. Napolitano earned a BSc in international economics from the University of Trieste (Italy) and an MSc in economics from Birkbeck College, University of London.