John Olert

John Olert is a current board member, senior advisor, and C-Suite executive with 30 years of industry experience in capital markets and information services. He is known as a leader, mentor, and problem solver with a deep understanding of crisis management, capital markets, global risk, risk management, credit research, compliance, cyber security and corporate governance. John qualifies as an audit committee financial expert. Olert serves on the advisory board of TREX, the investment committee of Yard Ventures, is a director and chair of the governance committee for Miracle League of Westchester, a director and finance committee member of the Jack DeVito Foundation, and chairs the curriculum committee for Geneseo’s Business Advisory Council. Olert currently teaches Real Estate Capital Markets for Fordham University’s Master of Science in Real Estate program. John retired from Fitch in 2017 as Group Chief Risk Officer and Executive Vice President reporting directly to the CEO and managing a team of 100+ personnel. He was tapped for this newly created role in 2015 in response to increasing threats of a diversifying company with over 3,000 employees, 150 offices, operating in 34 countries. While at Fitch Group, Inc., John advanced rapidly, and in 2008, was named Global Head of Structured Credit and charged with delivering critical restructuring in the early stages of the financial crisis. Following this success and those in his earlier analytical and managerial roles, he was appointed Chief Credit Officer in 2010, and later Executive Committee Member in 2012. Earlier roles held at Fitch Ratings include Co-Head North American Corporate Finance (New York), Co-Head North American Financial Institutions, Head of REITs, and Director U.S. Banks.Prior to joining Fitch Group Inc., John held progressive credit administration, sales, and operation analyst roles at Chase Securities Inc., Metropolitan Life, and Chase Manhattan Bank. John completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, obtained his Master of Business Administration at Fordham University, and his Bachelor of Science in Management Science and Finance at the State of University of New York at Geneseo.

Companies

• President Continental Alternatives, Inc. (2020)
• Senior Advisor Star Mountain Capital (2019)
• Adjunct Professor Fordham University (2019)
• Founder and Managing Partner Continental Insights (2018)
• Non Executive Advisor Fitch Group (2017 — 2018)
• Group Chief Risk Officer and Executive Vice President Fitch Group, Inc. (2015 — 2017)
• Chief Credit Officer and Executive Committee Member FitchRatings (2010 — 2015)
• Managing Director - Global Head of Structured Credit Fitch Ratings (2008 — 2009)
• Managing Director - Co-Head Corporate Finance Fitch Ratings (2004 — 2008)

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business - Exec, Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services Apr 2021 - Apr 2022
• Harvard Business School - AMP, Executive Education 2005 - 2005
• Fordham Gabelli School of Business - MBA, Finance
• SUNY Geneseo - BS, Finance/Management