Richard T Wright Senior Director - Senior Strategist Moody's Analytics

With over 20 years of global experience in wholesale banking, I have been a COO and a senior executive leader at Citi and HSBC, responsible for the development and execution of a cross-functional transformation and delivery strategy across all segments and products in the wholesale credit and lending (C&L) space. I have a strong track record of delivering innovative solutions, enhancing client experience, and managing risk and regulatory compliance in a complex and dynamic environment.

Alexis Hamar Senior Director - Senior Strategist Moody’s Analytics

Alexis is a Director in the Moody’s Analytics Portfolio Product Management team. 

With a technical post degree in economics from the University of Panthéon-Assas in Paris, Alexis has 15+ years’ experience in risk management and valuation, having been working in sales, pre-sales, product, project management & strategy roles across various environments (banks, consultancy and software houses).

Prior to his current role at Moody’s Analytics, Alexis was leading sales and pre-sales for the French speaking region at Numerix, addressing derivatives pricing, market & counterparty risks as well as Insurance ALM risks solutions spanning both sell and buy side segments. In addition to this responsibility, Alexis also oversaw regulation topics (Basel III, FRTB, EMIR, Solvency 2), working closely with Quantitative Research and Product Management teams in order to foster both development and new generation of the Numerix Solutions. Previously and in particular, Alexis spent 7 years as a Portfolio Management & Valuation Sales Specialist at Moody’s Analytics, focusing on the Portfolio IP content across the EMEA Region. Alexis also worked at various consultancy and software companies, implementing and designing risk solutions for several major financial institutions.

Pierre Mesnard Director, Solutions Specialist Moody's Analytics

Pierre Mesnard is a Solution Specialist at Moody’s Analytics. Based in Paris, he works closely with Financial Institutions across the EMEA region. He advises them on how they can cope with increasing regulatory requirements as well as on managing their balance sheet within Moody’s Analytics software solutions.

Pierre joined Moody’s Analytics in 2007, and prior to joining, Pierre was a project manager in a consulting company where he advised major industrial groups on their IT infrastructure and processes.

Pierre holds a Telecommunications engineer/Masters Degree from Télécom ParisTech.

Faizel Jeena Head of Risk Support South African Reserve Bank

Faizel Jeena has over 25 years of experience in banking and finance. He has held a number of roles in the banking sector and as a prudential regulator and supervisor of banks and insurers. He is the Head of the Risk Support Department in the Prudential Authority and has held this role since the PA has been established. The Risk Support Department is responsible for providing regulatory, supervisory support and technical expertise on all prudential risk types for insurance, banking and market infrastructures. It also provides quantitative analysis, actuarial analysis and financial institution statistics used in the Prudential Authority. Faizel has represented the South African Reserve Bank at a number of Basel Committee working groups and is currently the South African representative on the Policy and Development Committee of the IAIS and the Risks and Vulnerabilities Assessment Group under the Basel Committee. He is a Chartered Accountant by training and holds the degrees of Bachelor of Commerce (Law) and Bachelor of Accountancy.

Alexis Hamar Senior Director - Senior Strategist Moody’s Analytics

Alexis is a Director in the Moody’s Analytics Portfolio Product Management team. 

With a technical post degree in economics from the University of Panthéon-Assas in Paris, Alexis has 15+ years’ experience in risk management and valuation, having been working in sales, pre-sales, product, project management & strategy roles across various environments (banks, consultancy and software houses).

Prior to his current role at Moody’s Analytics, Alexis was leading sales and pre-sales for the French speaking region at Numerix, addressing derivatives pricing, market & counterparty risks as well as Insurance ALM risks solutions spanning both sell and buy side segments. In addition to this responsibility, Alexis also oversaw regulation topics (Basel III, FRTB, EMIR, Solvency 2), working closely with Quantitative Research and Product Management teams in order to foster both development and new generation of the Numerix Solutions. Previously and in particular, Alexis spent 7 years as a Portfolio Management & Valuation Sales Specialist at Moody’s Analytics, focusing on the Portfolio IP content across the EMEA Region. Alexis also worked at various consultancy and software companies, implementing and designing risk solutions for several major financial institutions.

Nelson Almeida Director, Solution Specialist Moody's Analytics

Nelson Almeida is a director product specialist at Moody’s Analytics. Nelson specialises in a diverse number of products, including the Enterprise Risk Management Solutions within the Moody’s Analytics suite of products. He is active within a diverse geographic area, covering the larger EMEA region, including developing and developed areas.He joined Moody’s Analytics in 2009, coming from a background within large CRM and ERP product implementation roles, including implementation consultant, Implementation team Manager and Principle Consultant. This covered a wide range of organisations from FTSE 100 and Dow Jones listed corporations to smaller local organisations.He holds a B Comm from RAU (South Africa), ACCA course accreditation, and a variety of IT and product qualifications to support his specialities, such Microsoft SQL administration.

Pierre Mesnard Director, Solutions Specialist Moody's Analytics

Pierre Mesnard is a Solution Specialist at Moody’s Analytics. Based in Paris, he works closely with Financial Institutions across the EMEA region. He advises them on how they can cope with increasing regulatory requirements as well as on managing their balance sheet within Moody’s Analytics software solutions.

Pierre joined Moody’s Analytics in 2007, and prior to joining, Pierre was a project manager in a consulting company where he advised major industrial groups on their IT infrastructure and processes.

Pierre holds a Telecommunications engineer/Masters Degree from Télécom ParisTech.

Yashan Wang Senior Director - Research Moody's Analytics

Yashan Wang is a Senior Director at Moody’s Analytics where he heads the research and quantitative modeling team for portfolio valuation, accounting, and balance sheet analytics. Yashan earned his Ph.D. in Management Science from Columbia University.  Prior to joining Moody’s Analytics, Yashan was an Assistant Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. At Moody’s Yashan has led research initiatives in impairment modeling under IFRS 9/CECL/SAP, asset pricing, and balance sheet analytics. He has also worked with global clients and provided training and advice on enterprise risk management, asset and liability management, and stress testing