Howard Albert is Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer for Assured Guaranty Ltd. with responsibility for overseeing the Company’s underwriting process. Mr. Albert is also Deputy Chief Credit Officer for Assured Guaranty Corp. (“Assured”), the Company’s principal direct guaranty direct subsidiary. He has over 20 years of experience in credit risk and structured finance. He joined the company in September 1999 as Chief Underwriting Officer of Capital Re Corp., the predecessor to Assured.

Prior to joining Assured, Mr. Albert spent two years with Rothschild Inc. where he structured privately placed asset-backed securities and CDOs. He joined Rothschild from Financial Guaranty Insurance Company (FGIC), where he started and managed its Asset-Backed Securities Group and ultimately became responsible for both its asset-backed securities and international businesses during his eight-year tenure. Mr. Albert began his career at The Prudential Insurance Company of America.

Mr. Albert has an MBA from the University of Chicago, a BA in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.