Christie is a senior director and head of analytics of AM Best Asia-Pacific Limited. She leads a team of rating analysts within AM Best that cover all types of rated insurance companies, including life, non-life, reinsurers and captive insurers, for Greater China, Japan and Korea. Founded in 1899, AM Best is the world’s first credit rating agency, and has grown to become the largest credit rating agency in the world specialising in the insurance industry. It is the oldest and most widely recognised provider of credit ratings, financial data and news with an exclusive insurance industry focus.