Mark Adelson, who most recently served as a senior research fellow at Standard & Poor's, has left the firm to pursue other interests.
Adelson, who joined the rating agency in May 2008, was originally hired as the firm's chief credit officer and was instrumental in strengthening S&P's criteria process.
During his stint, Adelson oversaw the development of ratings comparability across sectors and geography, which included the agency's structured finance methodology.
He was named
Prior to S&P, Jacob and Adelson formed Adelson & Jacob Consulting after they had left Nomura Securities. The firm offered securitization advice until right before Adelson started at S&P.
At Nomura, Adelson was head of structured finance research. Prior to his stint at the bank, Adelson was in Moody's Investors Service for nine years.
