DBRS Appoints Charles Halam-Andres, Managing Director, Corporate Credits

DBRS Limited (DBRS) has appointed Charles Halam-Andres as Managing Director, Corporate Credits. Based in Toronto, Mr. Halam-Andres will oversee various areas of the global corporate group and contribute to the development of the group’s strategy and priorities with the management team. His first assignment will be to help manage the Infrastructure Finance team.

Mr. Halam-Andres, who will report to Eric Beauchemin, Group Managing Director, Global Corporates, has extensive finance and credit experience, especially in the field of infrastructure and project finance.

Prior to joining DBRS, he worked at Scotia Capital Inc. for nearly eight years, in part as a Managing Director in the Debt Capital Markets and Infrastructure Advisory groups. He also spent 13 years with CIT and Newcourt as Counsel and as a senior member of the energy and infrastructure team.

Mr. Halam-Andres obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Queen’s University, his Bachelor of Laws from Western University and his Masters in Law in Banking Law from Boston University. He was admitted to the Ontario Bar in 1988.

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