Jean-Michel Six rejoined Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services as Chief European Economist, based in London, in February 2005 after working in senior positions in the business services sector in the US for several years.

He held a variety of roles in S&P’s economic and financial information business between 1982 and 1997, including Chief European Economist and Global Head of Sales and Marketing.

He left S&P in 1997 to help found Global Partners, Inc., a U.S.-based business development and executive training firm, and subsequently held senior positions for Giga Information Group, a U.S. IT advisory firm, and Kyriba Corp. a treasury management systems group, where he headed the company’s North American operation.

He has been a member of the Shadow Council of the European Central Bank since 2008.

Jean-Michel Six holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris.