Cunningham, Andrew

Vice President and Senior Credit Officer, Moody’s Investors Service; London, United Kingdom Andrew Cunningham is a Vice President and Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s Investors Service, the global credit ratings agency. While he is now primarily concerned with European banks, he formerly analyzed Middle Eastern banks and was based in Moody’s office in Cyprus. He was formerly a journalist writing about banking and finance in the Middle East, first for Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) in London and then for Middle East Economic Survey in Cyprus. Cunningham has a B.A. in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the University of Exeter. His publications include Banking and Finance in the Middle East (London: FT Financial Publishing, 1996); Islamic Banking and Finance (London: MEED, 1990); and Gulf Banking and Finance (London: MEED, 1989). His most recent publication is Bank Credit Risk in Emerging Markets, a special report published by Moody’s in 1999.