Jamie Ballingall is a Director in the Corporate Finance and Risk Solutions Group at Credit Suisse in New York. He advises the bank's clients on optimal corporate capital structure, risk management and payout policy and acts as the group's technical lead. Before joining Credit Suisse in 2008, Jamie held various quantitative corporate finance and ratings advisory roles at Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank. Jamie has a BSc in Mathematical Sciences from the University of Bath, UK and an MSc in Mathematics and Finance from Imperial College, London.