EQUIFAX EXPANDS DATA ANALYTICS TEAM IN U.K.
Predictive Sciences Division Welcomes Two New Analysts
London, July 22nd 2004 - Equifax today announced that it has expanded its analytical capabilities with the addition of two new analysts to its Predictive Sciences division. Elaine Ridgewell and John Hutchinson join Equifax from Barclays Bank, bringing with them a wealth of experience in data analytics.
"During the past six months, Equifax has dedicated significant resources to the expansion of its Predictive Sciences team, including hiring six new analysts," said Kiernon O'Neill, head of Predictive Sciences at Equifax. "The recruitment of industry veterans - Elaine and John - strengthens our competitive advantage and further demonstrates Equifax's commitment to offer customers the best in data analytics".
Before joining Equifax, Elaine spent 11 years with Barclays Bank, where she held a number of leadership roles, most notably as Head of the Advanced Data Analytics department. Her extensive experience across the risk cycle includes the development and enhancement of application scorecards and strategies, behavioural scoring, fraud scoring and the design of application decision engines. Elaine holds a first class honours degree in mathematics, statistics and computing.
John brings deep industry experience in data analytics, having spent six years at Barclays in Business Banking where he helped develop automated business loan and overdraft sanctioning systems using behaviour scoring techniques. John then joined the Consumer Finance division working on behavioural, response and fraud scoring for personal loans, overdrafts and credit cards, in addition to limit models calculations and strategy setting.
Equifax's Predictive Sciences division delivers data analytics which serve as the backbone of our credit risk and marketing data services. From segmentation and cluster analysis to acquisition and behavioural scorecard development, Equifax provides customers with the depth and quality of information necessary for first-rate customer acquisition, credit risk management and retention strategies.
