Richard Peterson

Richard Peterson is a Director and Product Head responsible for Credit Data and Analytics products and initiatives at Virtus from FIS. He is also a member of the steering committee for integrating ESG initiatives throughout FIS. Richard joined Virtus in 2019 with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, including various roles in ABS sales, origination and strategy. Prior to joining Virtus, Richard was a subject matter expert for the structured product sales team at Moody’s Analytics. He has also held positions in investment banking at JPMorgan, Guggenheim and Citigroup. Richard holds an MBA from the University of Chicago in Finance and Economics and a BBA from Emory University in Finance and Management.