Speakers

Eberhard Hackel is a Managing Director in Fitch Ratings’ European Structured
Finance group, where he leads the EMEA ABS team from Frankfurt. His team is
responsible for rating asset-backed securities (ABS) supported by a diverse range
of assets, including auto loans, equipment or auto leases, unsecured consumer
loans, and credit card receivables. Additionally, they handle asset-backed
commercial paper (ABCP) and emerging market transactions backed by various
assets.

Prior to joining Fitch in 2008, Eberhard worked in the risk controlling department
at Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (Helaba). There, he was responsible for
measuring the market risk of the Helaba group and collaborating with German
regulators on the supervision of Helaba’s internal market risk model.

Eberhard holds a diploma in Business Administration from the University of
Göttingen and has earned the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification from
the Global Association of Risk Professionals.