Thaddeus Best Assistant Vice President-Research Analyst, Credit Strategy & Research Moody's Investors Service

Thaddeus Best is an Analyst in the Sovereign Risk Group for Moody’s Investors Service, with responsibilities for the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. His coverage also includes regional Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs). 

Thaddeus joined Moody’s in early 2016 as an Associate Analyst in the Sovereign Risk Group in the UK, working on a portfolio of sub-Saharan African and Middle East countries including Nigeria and Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining Moody’s Thaddeus was the EMEA Economist for BMI (Fitch), following four years as a Senior Country Risk Analyst focusing on Europe. Thaddeus completed his Bachelor of Science (Hons.) majoring in Politics and International Relations at the University of Manchester in 2010.

Nitish Bhojnagarwala Associate Managing Director, Financial Institutions Group Moody's Ratings

Nitish Bhojnagarwala is an Associate Managing Director with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Dubai, Nitish covers a portfolio of large conventional as well as Islamic financial institutions in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey.

Nitish joined Moody’s in 2011, and has led sukuk roundtables and conducted workshops on Banking and Islamic finance at various conferences in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. Nitish has also authored several research pieces, with a focus on regional banking, credit issues and issuer-in-depths for conventional as well as Islamic banks.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Nitish spent five years at Tamweel in the Treasury function. He has also worked for KPMG in the UAE, where he covered financial institutions. Nitish holds an MBA from S P Jain Institute of Management & Research, with a major in Finance (Investment Banking).

Daniela Chun Jayesuria Associate Managing Director, US Corporate ABS New Ratings Moody's Ratings

Daniela Chun Jayesuria is an Associate Managing Director, US Corporate ABS New Ratings at Moody’s Ratings. Dani joined Moody’s in 2014, and currently manages the SFG Latin America and the Corporate ABS New Ratings teams, which covers several asset classes including UCRC, equipment loans and leases, intellectual property, wireless towers, aircraft leases and repackaged securities transactions, amongst others. Previously, Dani managed the US Auto ABS team, which assigned ratings to auto loans, leases and dealer floorplan transactions. Prior to that, she covered the Brazilian and Latin American securitization markets, from Moody’s Sao Paulo office, across multiple ABS sectors, including trade receivables, CMBS, agribusiness receivables, consumer loans, CLOs and more.

Prior to Moody’s, Dani occupied positions at Odebrecht focused on investor relations and debt capital markets and Lloyds TSB Bank in corporate banking and structured finance. Dani holds an Executive MBA from the Business School São Paulo and a B.Sc. in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol, UK.

Jerome Cheng Associate Managing Director, Structured Finance Group Moody's Investors Service

Jerome Cheng has worked at Moody’s for more than 20 years. Based in Hong Kong, Jerome is an Associate Managing Director in the Structured Finance Group.

Jerome is responsible for covered bonds and structured finance transactions in Asia(ex-Japan). His analysis of structured finance deals includes CDOs, CMBS, RMBS, consumer loans and equipment leases. He has worked on a number of first-time landmark securitization transactions across Asia. 

Jerome holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The University of Hong Kong, and Bachelor of Law degree from Manchester Metropolitan University.

Rahul Ghosh Managing Director – Global Head of Sustainable Finance Moody’s Ratings

Rahul Ghosh is Managing Director – Global Head of Sustainable Finance for Moody's Ratings.

Rahul leads global oversight for the credit rating agency’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) research and outreach strategy. In this capacity, he is responsible for co-ordinating high quality and impactful research exploring the credit implications of ESG, as well as digital and in-person outreach to meet the growing market needs of investors, issuers and other important stakeholders.

Rahul is a regular participant at high-profile industry working groups, market briefings, external conferences and media engagements. He is a member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, a market-led initiative to develop a risk management and disclosure framework for nature-related risks. He has also represented Moody’s on the UN Principles for Responsible Investment's advisory committee on credit ratings and the Green and Social Bond Principles working groups. He has presented on the impact of climate change on emerging market sovereigns at the G20 Green Finance Study Group and on sustainable finance trends at the International Finance Corporation’s Global Debt Mobilization Conference.

Before his current role, Rahul oversaw Moody’s ESG Solutions Group outreach and engagement activities globally with the sustainability stakeholder community. He also previously worked in Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research team where he was responsible for thematic research and outreach on global emerging market (EM) credit trends. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2013, Rahul was the Head of Asia at BMI Research (Fitch Solutions) in Singapore, leading a team of macroeconomists and industry specialists in analysing sovereign risk, sector performance and the capital markets.

Rahul is a passionate impact leader for Moody’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in London, chairing the pillar on “activating an environmentally sustainable future”. He holds a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Edinburgh and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Society of the UK.