Alexander Perjéssy

Vice President, Senior Credit Officer, Sovereign Risk Group
Moody's Ratings

Biography

Alexander Perjéssy is Vice President – Senior Credit Officer at the Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Dubai, he has lead analyst responsibilities for a number of sovereigns in the Middle East, including most of the Gulf Cooperation Council member states and several regional multilateral institutions.

Prior to joining Moody’s in November 2017, Alex worked for two years as senior economist at the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Before relocating to the Middle East, Alex spent more than 12 years covering macroeconomic developments and sovereign risk assessment in the emerging markets of the EMEA region for AllianceBernstein and The Rohatyn Group, both US-based asset management firms in New York, as well as for Goldman Sachs in London.

Alex holds an MA in Economics from the University of Maryland and a BA in Economics from Middlebury College.

Speaker at these events:

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2022

• Oil price, inflation, real rates: What is the region’s macro-economic outlook for recovery in 2022/23?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2024

• GCC macroeconomic trends & 2024/25 outlook: What are the expectations for GDP growth across GCC economies? How are sectors across the GCC being impacted by market uncertainty?

Bonds, Loans & Sukuk Middle East 2021

• Oil-price, inflation, fiscal deficits and ratings: What does post-COVID economic recovery look like?