London, UK, April 8th, 2025 – ARC Ratings (EU/UK) has appointed Vivek-Anand Dattani to be its Deputy CEO of the European Ratings operations (EU/UK), effective immediately.
Vivek’s focus will be on the commercial activities of ARC Ratings in Europe and the UK and will work in close collaboration with Jason Barrass, who continues in his role as Chief Commercial Officer for Europe and the UK.
In his new role as Deputy CEO, Vivek will report to Oliver Howard, CEO of ARC Ratings (EU/UK) and CEO of ARC Risk Group.
Alex Cataldo, Deputy CEO of ARC Risk Group, continues in his current role to oversee the Rating Agency’s global operations with a greater focus on international expansion, governance and process. Alex will work closely with Vivek in all matters relevant to the EU/UK operations.
Oliver Howard, CEO of ARC Ratings (EU/UK) said: “Over the past four years ARC has experienced tremendous growth in pursuit of our vision to become a global CRA and Risk Group. Our operations in Europe continue to expand, requiring focused attention and more resources across the board.
“Achieving our goals requires strong leadership, and as in the past, we’d always prefer to offer new opportunities to strong internal candidates. With this in mind, we are delighted to announce that effective today, Vivek-Anand Dattani will be appointed as the Deputy CEO of the European Ratings operations (EU/UK) with a focus on growing our business in the region”, Oliver continued.
Vivek will actively continue to support ARC Analytics’ growing technology business as an advisor on data and commercial matters.
