Director, Islamic Finance

As one of the world’s top three credit ratings agencies, Fitch Ratings plays a critical role in global capital markets by providing credit analysis, ratings, research, and commentary to financial market participants. For over 100 years, Fitch Ratings has been creating value for global markets through its rigorous analysis and deep expertise, which have resulted in a variety of market leading tools, methodologies, indices, research, and analytical products.

Fitch Ratings is part of Fitch Group, a global leader in financial information services with operations in more than 30 countries, which also includes Fitch Solutions. With dual headquarters in London and New York, Fitch Group is owned by Hearst.

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Business and Relationship Management (BRM) is responsible for developing and maintaining Fitch Ratings’ commercial relationships, originating new rating mandates, retaining existing business and supporting sustainable revenue growth. The team works closely with Analytical, Investor Development, Marketing and other Fitch Group businesses while preserving the independence of Fitch’s analytical process. Based in Riyadh, the Director will lead BRM activity for Islamic Finance across the Middle East and selected international markets.

The role will focus on developing Fitch’s ratings franchise across sukuk and other Sharia-compliant financing, deepening relationships with issuers, arrangers, advisers and market institutions, and coordinating opportunities across relevant Fitch Ratings sectors. The position combines direct revenue responsibility with a broader franchise-building mandate. It will connect activity across the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Central Europe and other developing Islamic Finance markets, working with regional BRM teams and dedicated Analytical staff to build a coordinated global pipeline and market presence.

The Director will work alongside the wider BRM team to originate and retain rating mandates across the Islamic Finance market, with an initial focus on Saudi Arabia, the wider GCC, and at a later stage select international markets. Coverage will include sovereign and government-related issuers, financial institutions, corporates, infrastructure issuers and structured or project finance transactions where sukuk or other Sharia-compliant funding is relevant.

The successful candidate will develop senior relationships across the Islamic Finance ecosystem, identify transactions early, coordinate Fitch’s commercial response and ensure that issuer and intermediary engagement is timely, consistent and well informed. The role will also provide global coordination for Islamic Finance business development, where the candidate represents BRM’s subject matter expert, without replacing the ownership of local BRM teams in their respective markets.

• Develop and execute a business development strategy for Islamic Finance ratings, aligned with the Middle East BRM plan and Fitch Ratings’ wider EMEA and…