ESF Directors

Rick Watson 
Managing Director       

Rick is Managing Director and head of the European Securitisation Forum, where he leads industry-wide efforts to promote education, understanding and development of cash and structured products businesses among its 160-strong member base.   He is actively involved with a variety of industry initiatives to address the credit markets turmoil.  Previously, Rick was Managing Director, and Head of Structured Finance for FGIC UK Limited in London.  Prior to joining FGIC, Rick was Head of ABS and CDOs at HSBC Bank plc, where he led a pan-European team of originators of consumer, CDO and other products.  He held a similar position at Bear Stearns in London, and was previously Executive Director at UBS Limited, and at Morgan Stanley and Freddie Mac.  Rick received an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.  He was co-chair of the ESF’s Legal and Regulatory Committee from 2000-2004.  In January 2006, he co-edited the Euromoney Books publication “Asset Securitisation and Synthetic Structures:  Innovation in the European Credit Markets.”

Marco Angheben
Director

Marco is the Director of the European Securitisation Forum, where he is staff advisor of a number of committees and working groups. He is actively dealing on a number of securitisation issues with industry participants, regulators, central bankers and policy makers from across Europe. Marco holds a decree in Economics and Finance from Ca' Foscari University, Venice.