David Hamilton is a Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Research at Moody's Analytics, based in New York. In this role, he focuses on developing quantitative solutions for asset managers, including credit risk models for private credit, and authors research on how public and private credit markets are trending. Over his 29-year career at Moody's, he has held senior positions in both Moody's Ratings and Moody's Analytics, working across a range of asset classes — including corporates, high-yield, financial institutions, sovereigns, public finance, structured finance, and digital assets — and leadership roles in quantitative research, credit policy, and business development in the US and Asia. Prior to joining Moody's in 1997, Mr. Hamilton worked in the Regional Economics group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.