Rachel McGovern is a Senior Director at KBRA Analytics (DLD) and leads the news and data publication in Europe. She is building up KBRA’s European direct lending database and default radar as well as breaking news and producing quarterly market reports.

Rachel has covered the private debt market for over a decade, breaking news and seeking better data on an opaque market. Prior to joining KBRA, Rachel covered private credit at other leading financial publications including Bloomberg and LCD. She has a master’s in journalism from London City University and a bachelor’s degree from Trinity College Dublin.