Antonios Kastanas Senior Director - Banking Moody's

Antonios is a Senior Director in the Banking strategy group focusing on market development for climate and ESG solutions for banks. Previously with the Moody’s EMEA advisory team, he has led engagements on IFRS9 provisioning, portfolio modelling, stress testing and strategic capital and liquidity planning among others.

Prior to joining Moody’s he was helping financial institutions improve and develop their risk and capital management capabilities as part of the Financial Services advisory practice of a Big 4 firm in the UK, after a number of years in credit and analytics leadership roles in banking.

Antonios holds a Masters in Economics and Finance with focus in Econometrics from Warwick Business School.

João Mergulhão Associate Director Moody's Analytics

João Mergulhão is an Associate Director in the Banking Research group. He joined Moody’s Analytics in 2016 and has worked on IFR9 impairments forecasting, stress testing, credit correlations, and spread risk.

Before joining Moody’s Analytics, he was a faculty member at the Sao Paulo School of Economics of Fundação Getulio Vargas conducting research in the fields of corporate finance, board interlocks, and asset pricing. 

João holds a Ph.D. degree in Finance and an MSc in Management from Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon. His research was published in The Journal of Network Theory in Finance (2018), and in the Journal of Empirical Finance (2016).