Curriculum Vitae

CLIFFORD M. GRIEP is executive managing director (EMD) and chief credit officer of Standard & Poor's (S&P) Credit Market Services. In this role, he has global responsibility for the quality of S&P's analytic processes, including ratings and related criteria and policy issues. Prior to his current assignment, he held positions as EMD of Financial Institution Ratings and EMD of Structured Finance. Since joining S&P, he has been actively involved in criteria development, rating, and surveillance efforts for financial institutions and structured securities. He holds an MBA in money and financial markets from Columbia Graduate School of Business.