Title: Vice President, Public Finance
Firm: Build America Mutual
Age: 34
Alexis Platis has spent her entire professional career as a municipal bond analyst.
Prior to joining Build America Mutual at the company’s launch in 2012, she spent time with Moody’s Investors Service, CIFG, and Assured Guaranty.
Her status as a rising star has been cemented by her work helping to build BAM’s national market platform and internal credit infrastructure since the company’s launch.
Most notably, she’s done that as the lead analyst for credits in the Southeast United States, including Arkansas, Louisiana, and Alabama, which are all in the top 20 of BAM’s portfolio, despite ranking lower in overall population.
“Alexis’ work in those states stands out because it is an effective combination of deep credit knowledge that explains the risks to BAM’s Municipal Credit Committee, and relationships with market participants, in order to illustrate for issuers how insurance can benefit them and their stakeholders,” said Michael Stanton, Build America Mutual’s Head of Corporate Strategy and Communications.
Unique and innovative transactions Alexis has underwritten include work for multiple South Carolina school districts under the SCAGO installment purchase bond structure that is exclusively insured by BAM, as well as bonds for the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, just to name a few.
In addition to her work internally, Alexis is considered a thought-leader in municipal credit analysis generally and is a member of several prominent industry organizations.
Alexis is a charter member of the newly-organized Texas Women in Public Finance organization. She is also a member of the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, the Municipal Analysts Group of New York, and the Northeast Women in Public Finance. In her time away from the office, Alexis is an avid runner, animal lover and mother of a 2-year-old boy.
