Ted Damutz

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT TED DAMUTZ

Currently Director at KBRA. Recently Regional Director at BondLink connecting municipal debt issuers with investors. Previously, Treasury Services Manager for the City of Raleigh overseeing debt, cash and investments, working with many departments and also representing the city on various regional and statewide projects. Before that, served in Moody’s Investor Service Public Finance Department for nearly two decades in a range of leadership roles as Senior Credit Officer, head of the municipal utility task force, and Manager of Moody’s Chicago office and Midwestern region. Prior experience includes working in New York for Brown Brothers Harriman and the United Nations.Currently serving as the Chair of the Southern Municipal Finance Society. Longtime and current member of the Board of Governors of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts. Also served on the Board of the Chicago Municipal Analyst Society, including one term as president. Elected to the Smith’s annual All-Star Team thirteen times, most recently First Team for Municipal lease analysis in 2018. The Moody’s Foundation honored me with the Global Volunteer Award in 2011. Featured in the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, appeared on Chicago Tonight and was keynote speaker at Bond Buyer conference. Earned his BA in Modern History from Pitzer College in Claremont, California, an MA in Modern History from Central European University in Budapest, and an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics.