Stefano Franceschi joined Moody’s Analytics in 2011 and is a Relationship Manager looking after Italian banks.

Prior to joining Moody’s Analytics, Stefano worked as Portfolio Specialist in Bloomberg.

Stefano graduated from University of Pisa in Business Administration and has a MSc in Management from Brunel Business School in London

 Andrea Pinelli is an economist in the Prague office of Moody’s Analytics, where he is involved in the development of the global macroeconomic model and is responsible for forecasting and analyzing the economies of Italy and Malta. He graduated summa cum laude with an MSc in Economic and Social Sciences at Bocconi University in Milan, where he also received a bachelor’s degree in International Economics, Management and Finance.

As a Banking Industry Practice Lead for Europe and Africa, Luis listens to the unique needs of banking customers. Luis believes that a close working relationship is the best way to improve performance and efficiency for Moody’s customers continually.

Luis brings 22 years of expertise in the financial services and technology industries, working with people and systems to solve complex business problems. His professional experience accounts for global, regional, and local roles dealing with IFRS17, IFRS9/CECL, Stress Testing, Supervisory Reporting, Capital Planning and Management, Financial Consolidation, Planning and Budgeting, Activity-Based Costing, Customer Intelligence, Marketing Automation and Optimization

Experienced Banker with a demonstrated history of working in various areas of the banking industry in Italy and abroad. Skilled in Risk Management, Corporate Finance, Developing Countries, and Financial Markets. Strong professional with a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) focused in International Economics from the University of Warwick.

Nicola Passariello is a senior practitioner in Financial Crime Prevention with +25 years of strategic experience in the field. Nicola is a deep subject matter expert in topics such as money laundering, terrorist & proliferation financing, but also fraud and corruption. Throughout his international career, Nicola has gained extensive industry experience having worked for different global information providers and corporate governance advisors by providing best-in class solutions to financial institutions but also corporates, public sector and government authorities on enhanced due diligence, regulatory issues support and sanctions compliance guidance, development of best practices, creation of risk assessments, detection of illicit activities, increase effectiveness and embedding a culture of Compliance. Nicola also brings valuable regulatory experience having participated to the AMF – the French Market Regulator Commission and he’s currently a board member of the Italy Chapter at ACAMS. Nicola holds an Executive MBA from the French business school ESCP Europe, the ICA post-graduate in Financial Crime Prevention awarded by the Alliance Manchester Business School in the UK and he is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Viola Lutz is Head of Climate Center of Excellence at Moody’s. Viola helps drive climate positioning across Moody’s with the goal to firmly establish the company and our offerings as a global leader in integrated climate risk analytics. 

Prior to joining Moody’s, Viola was Executive Director, Head of Climate Solutions, at ISS ESG, the unit of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) that helps financial market participants to understand, measure, and act on climate-related risks and opportunities across all asset classes. Viola joined ISS in 2017, following its acquisition of the financial industry business of South Pole Group, where she was a member of the team that developed the world’s largest database of company-level climate change data and pioneered the development of leading, standardized investment climate screening tools. Viola was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30: European Finance list in 2020. She holds a Master of Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.

Viola is an avid improv theatre performer as well as a mountain sports and Yoga enthusiast.