Jeanine Arnold EMEA Leveraged Finance, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Jeanine Arnold oversees the Moody's EMEA Leveraged Finance franchise and co-ordinates Leveraged Finance globally. She is part of the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) and Moody's Global Private Credit team with responsibility for EMEA corporates based in London.

Jeanine's primary responsibility is for ratings consistency and accuracy of leveraged finance issuer ratings across EMEA and in collaboration with other regions. She also has responsibility for leveraged finance research and thought leadership as well as investor, banking and private equity outreach. She heads up the Global Leveraged Finance Data and Analytics strategy, which underpins Moody’s research and outreach initiatives.

Prior to Jeanine's current role, she led the Paris-based CFG team, which was responsible for a wide range of credits across the healthcare, retail, transportation, IT, gaming and business and consumer services industries.

During her time at Moody’s Jeanine has been a lead analyst for European Airlines and Aerospace and Defense companies as well as investment holding companies, manufacturing and semiconductor companies.

Prior to joining Moody’s Jeanine was a Director at Fitch Ratings based in London, specializing in the rating of transportation names across Europe, the CIS and Middle East, including Rail, Airlines, Shipping and Ports. Prior to this, she worked in the credit risk management and investment banking teams of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as well as RBS, where she managed credit finance transactions for European Industrials within the Automotive, Chemical and Manufacturing sectors.

Jeanine qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2006 from Ernst and Young in London and has a Joint Honors degree in French and German from the University of Nottingham.

Colin Ellis Managing Director - Head of Centre for Credit Research Moody's Ratings

Colin Ellis is Moody’s first Global Credit Strategist, and a Managing Director in the Credit Strategy team. 

In his current role, Colin provides thought leadership for the rating agency that deepens the understanding of ratings and debt capital markets through rigorous and quantitative research. He leads Moody’s teams working on default and ratings analytics and on global financial analysis, including bank projections and stress testing. Colin is also a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the global forecasts that underpin Moody’s universe of ratings.

Colin joined Moody’s in February 2012, initially leading the work of the Macroeconomic Board and authoring the quarterly Global Macro Outlook. He subsequently worked in the Financial Institutions Group, developing quantitative forward-looking analyses. For 8 years he was the Chief Credit Officer for EMEA, leading analysis and coordination of credit and ratings across all rating franchises in the region. He was also the ‘Head of UK’ for Moody's Ratings, responsible for the running of Moody’s UK operations, from 2019-2022 including the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Prior to joining Moody’s, Colin held roles at the Bank of England, Daiwa Capital Markets, the BVCA and at Birmingham University. He has published papers on a range of topics including corporate investment and pricing, credit risk, private equity, data uncertainty, stress testing, financial contagion and monetary policy. Colin holds degrees from York University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Middlesex University. He is a Visiting Professor at Hult International Business School and LSBU, and is also a Fellow of the RSA.

Sven Reinke Managing Director, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Sven Reinke is a Managing Director in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Sven is responsible for a team on London-based Lead Analysts covering Commodities, TMT and Business and Consumer Services sectors. Sven joined Moody’s in the autumn of 2013 with 12 years’ experience in a number of different corporate credit roles. During his first nine years at Moody’s, Sven was a Lead Analyst covering a number of different corporate sectors.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Sven spent six years as a Senior Corporate Credit Officer at UBS Investment Bank in London responsible for the credit risk management of a portfolio of corporates in different industries. Before joining UBS, Sven was the Lead Credit Analyst for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi’s German and Benelux blue chip counterparties. At the start of his career, Sven spent four years as a Credit Analyst at Deutsche Bank’s German mid-cap credit risk department.

Sven has a Masters Degree in Economics with focus on finance and banking from The Berlin School of Economics and Law. Sven also passed all levels of the CFA Program.

Martin Hallmark Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Ratings

Martin Hallmark is a Senior Vice President at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group in London. He joined Moody’s in June 2014 and has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and credit analysis.

Before joining Moody’s he spent 7 years as a Senior Analyst at CVC Credit Partners analysing and monitoring investments within the European leveraged finance and high yield markets. Prior to CVC Credit Partners he was at RBS where he was responsible for origination, structuring and execution of leveraged finance transactions both in the European and the UK mid-cap markets, including 4 years in Milan. Prior to that, he worked at BDO Stoy Hayward where he covered auditing, accounting and Corporate Finance sectors.

Martin is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Music from Cambridge University.

Ian Perrin Associate Managing Director, Structured Finance Moody's Ratings

Ian is an Associate Managing Director within the Structured Finance Group with primary responsibilities of managing the team in charge of monitoring Corporate Securitization transactions which include CLOs, ABS SMEs, ABCP, Repacks and CMBS.

Ian joined Moody’s in August 2001 and was lead analyst on rating various types of CDOs and Consumer ABS structures until April 2013 when he moved to his current role.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Ian worked at CDC Marches (now Natixis) as a Risk/Result Analyst.

Ian holds a Master’s Degree in Structured Finance from Université de Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) and a Global Executive MBA from TRIUM (HEC Paris / NYU Stern / LSE).

Sean Marion Managing Director, Structured Finance Moody’s Ratings

Sean Marion heads up Moody’s EMEA Structured Finance Group, based in London. He is responsible for overseeing both primary issuance and surveillance functions for Consumer Assets, Corporate Assets and Covered Bonds, with teams based in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid and Milan.

Prior to joining the Structured Finance Group he was a London-based Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group, responsible for ratings coverage in the Nordics, Baltics, South-Eastern Europe and emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa.

Before relocating to London in 2011, Mr. Marion held various positions of progressive responsibility in Moody’s, including working in the firm’s offices in Mexico City and Toronto. Before joining Moody’s, Mr. Marion worked for The Economist Intelligence Unit, conducting research on macroeconomic and country risk. Mr. Marion holds graduate degrees in economics from the Université Paris I (Sorbonne) and the London School of Economics. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Bishop’s University, Canada. Mr. Marion is fluent in French and Spanish.

Christina Padgett Associate Managing Director, Leveraged Finance Moody’s Ratings

Christina Padgett is an Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group and leads the Leveraged Finance Research and Analytics team. She spends most of her time chairing speculative grade rating committees and producing credit research with a focus on the leveraged finance market and private equity. 

Before joining Moody’s, Christina was a vice president at JPMorganChase in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Prior to her experience in investment banking, Christina finished the bank’s Credit Training program and worked in Europe Corporate Finance and Credit Audit. She received a Masters in International Political Economy from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. in History from William Smith College.

Mike Carruthers Head of European Private Credit Blackstone

Mike Carruthers is Head of European Private Credit for Blackstone Credit’s European private credit business. Mr. Carruthers is involved in the origination, researching, structuring, and managing of our investments. 

Mr. Carruthers re-joined the London team in 2022 after having previously relocated to Toronto, Canada to focus on BX Credit origination efforts in Canada and the Midwest.  Mr. Carruthers previously worked in the London office of Blackstone Credit from 2006 – 2019. Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Carruthers worked in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse.

Mr. Carruthers graduated with Honors in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Jeanine Arnold EMEA Leveraged Finance, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Jeanine Arnold oversees the Moody's EMEA Leveraged Finance franchise and co-ordinates Leveraged Finance globally. She is part of the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) and Moody's Global Private Credit team with responsibility for EMEA corporates based in London.

Jeanine's primary responsibility is for ratings consistency and accuracy of leveraged finance issuer ratings across EMEA and in collaboration with other regions. She also has responsibility for leveraged finance research and thought leadership as well as investor, banking and private equity outreach. She heads up the Global Leveraged Finance Data and Analytics strategy, which underpins Moody’s research and outreach initiatives.

Prior to Jeanine's current role, she led the Paris-based CFG team, which was responsible for a wide range of credits across the healthcare, retail, transportation, IT, gaming and business and consumer services industries.

During her time at Moody’s Jeanine has been a lead analyst for European Airlines and Aerospace and Defense companies as well as investment holding companies, manufacturing and semiconductor companies.

Prior to joining Moody’s Jeanine was a Director at Fitch Ratings based in London, specializing in the rating of transportation names across Europe, the CIS and Middle East, including Rail, Airlines, Shipping and Ports. Prior to this, she worked in the credit risk management and investment banking teams of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as well as RBS, where she managed credit finance transactions for European Industrials within the Automotive, Chemical and Manufacturing sectors.

Jeanine qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2006 from Ernst and Young in London and has a Joint Honors degree in French and German from the University of Nottingham.

Ian Gilday Head of Leveraged and Acquisition Finance for EMEA Morgan Stanley

• 30 years of investment banking experience, one of the longest standing leveraged financiers in Europe
• Responsible for the EMEA Leveraged and Acquisition Finance business at Morgan Stanley
• Voting member of the Capital Commitments Committee
• Prior to joining MS in 2014, Ian spent 10 years setting up and running the Leveraged Capital Markets business at Goldman Sachs; 6 years the same at Merrill Lynch; prior to that set up the same at Deutsche Bank
• Has transacted across all sectors and most geographies in Europe, cross border into the US and Asia, corporate and sponsor deals

Peter Allan Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income European Credit Research PGIM

Peter Allan is a Managing Director and Head of PGIM Fixed Income's European Credit Research team, based in London. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager in the European Leveraged Finance Team at PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. Prior to joining the Firm in December 2010, he was Head of European Loans at Aladdin Capital Management in London, where he established and ran their CLO business. Previously, Mr. Allan was Head of Leveraged Finance at NIBC Bank. He commenced his career at RBS where he worked for 15 years, spending the latter six years in the Leveraged Finance Group.

Soren Christensen Partner Cinven

Soren leads the Capital Markets team at Cinven. He has worked on a number of transactions, including Avolon, Barentz, Clario (formerly Bioclinica), Coor, Envirotainer, group.one, LGC, Netceed (formerly ETC Group), Master Builders Solutions, Numericable, One.com, Phadia, Spire Healthcare, Synlab and think-cell.

Prior to this, Soren worked at Citigroup within the Leveraged Acquisition Finance Group, where he was involved in the financial structuring and syndication of several major European leveraged buyout transactions.

Soren has a BSc in Economics & Mathematics and an MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School.

He joined Cinven in 2006.

David Beadle Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

David Beadle joined Moody’s in 2014 and covers retail industry credits in the UK and Western Europe as a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group in London. He covers a number of UK retailers, including the grocers, Tesco and Wm Morrison, fuel forecourt operator Euro Garages, and fashion businesses, House of Fraser, Matalan and New Look. His coverage also includes French, German and Dutch issuers. Prior to joining Moody's David had spent more than 15 years as a credit analyst and portfolio manager in the City, most recently with international specialist banking and asset management group, Investec.

Jacques McChesney Partner, High Yield Practice Ashurst

He is a New York qualified lawyer with 23 years of experience in practice in European leveraged finance and debt capital markets, with a focus on high yield acquisition finance and bond deals.

He represents issuers, sponsors and underwriters on complex corporate financings. In addition, he advises clients with respect to investment grade offerings, restructurings, debt tender/consent solicitations, and private placements.

Jacques has advised in multiple jurisdictions across the EMEA region, with a particular focus on Spain, the U.K. and Italy.

Lisa Gundy Vice President – Senior Officer Legal Review, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Lisa Gundy is a Vice President in the Covenant Office at Moody’s in London, leading the covenant analysis coverage across EMEA. She joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing over 10 years of financial services experience.Prior to joining Moody’s, Lisa worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, having started her career at Deloitte & Touche.Lisa holds a BA (Hons) in History from Manchester University and is a practicing lawyer.

Luigi Bucci Assistant Vice President -Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Luigi Bucci is a AVP-Analyst in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group, based in London.

Luigi joined Moody’s in 2014 and is part of the European Telecoms team. Prior to his current role, Luigi was the lead analyst for a number of software names in the leverage finance space.

Luigi holds a Management degree from the University of Bristol. Prior to joining Moody’s, Luigi covered a number of roles within the automotive sector.

Ernesto Bisagno Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group Moody’s Ratings

Ernesto Bisagno is a Vice President – Sr Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Ernesto is the EMEA tobacco analyst and also covers the EMEA food, consumer goods and retail sectors.

Ernesto joined Moody’s in June 2014 with an extensive professional experience in risk management and credit analysis in several leading financial institutions in the UK and Italy, most recently with Citigroup and UBS where he covered energy, metals, mining and chemicals across Western Europe and the UK.

Ernesto was also a senior auditor with PWC earlier in his career. Ernesto holds an Economics degree from Università degli Studi di Genova and is also a CFA Charter Holder.

Gilberto Ramos Assistant Vice President-Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Gilberto Ramos is an Assistant Vice President-Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) team based in Paris. Gilberto is lead analyst for a portfolio of high-yield issuers on the healthcare,

pharmaceutical and retail industries in Europe. During his time at Moody’s, Gilberto has also covered European infrastructure companies, including airports, ports and rail infrastructure managers and has contributed to number of Moody’s reports on those topics.

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2018, Gilberto was a credit analyst at Société Générale covering a wide range of sectors, including oil & gas, mining and financial institutions. Prior to this, Gilberto worked as an analyst at Fitch Ratings covering public finance issuers in Mexico.

Gilberto holds a Bachelor degree of Economics from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from EDHEC Business School, France, and is a CFA charterholder. Gilberto is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Angelique Crocker Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Angelique is an Assistant Vice President - Analyst at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in London. She covers a diverse portfolio of investment and speculative grade issuers within the medical devices, retail and business & consumer services sectors. Angelique joined Moody’s in 2012 in the Johannesburg, South Africa, office and relocated to London in 2017. She has worked in the Corporate Finance Group throughout this time and covered a range of High Yield and Investment Grade issuers across various sectors. Angelique has a Master’s degree in Commerce, specialising in Economics from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Commerce and Honours in Economics and Management from Rhodes University, South Africa.

Frederic Massard Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Frederic joined Moody's in 2018 and is based in Stockholm. He is the lead analyst for a portfolio of high yield chemicals and chemical distribution companies.

Prior to joining Moody's, Frederic gathered experience in the banking industry. He graduated with M.Sc. in Finance from the BI Norwegian Business School and holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Vienne

Fiona Knox Vice President-Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Fiona is a Vice President -Senior Analyst within Moody's Corporate Finance Group based in London. She manages a portfolio of investment grade and high yield corporates across diversified sectors. Immediately before her current role Fiona was a member of Moody's Analytics Credit, Risk and Lending team. Fiona joined Moody's in 2011 bringing nearly 20 years of banking experience. Prior to joining Moody's Fiona worked in the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of a New York-based multinational investment bank and previously in the Leveraged Acquisition Finance team of a Boston-based corporate finance house. She commenced her career with an investment bank in Sydney. Fiona holds a B.Sc. (Hons) Economics and Finance, London School of Economics, University of London, and an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law.

Luigi Bucci Assistant Vice President -Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Luigi Bucci is a AVP-Analyst in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group, based in London.

Luigi joined Moody’s in 2014 and is part of the European Telecoms team. Prior to his current role, Luigi was the lead analyst for a number of software names in the leverage finance space.

Luigi holds a Management degree from the University of Bristol. Prior to joining Moody’s, Luigi covered a number of roles within the automotive sector.

Ernesto Bisagno Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group Moody’s Ratings

Ernesto Bisagno is a Vice President – Sr Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Ernesto is the EMEA tobacco analyst and also covers the EMEA food, consumer goods and retail sectors.

Ernesto joined Moody’s in June 2014 with an extensive professional experience in risk management and credit analysis in several leading financial institutions in the UK and Italy, most recently with Citigroup and UBS where he covered energy, metals, mining and chemicals across Western Europe and the UK.

Ernesto was also a senior auditor with PWC earlier in his career. Ernesto holds an Economics degree from Università degli Studi di Genova and is also a CFA Charter Holder.

Gilberto Ramos Assistant Vice President-Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Gilberto Ramos is an Assistant Vice President-Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) team based in Paris. Gilberto is lead analyst for a portfolio of high-yield issuers on the healthcare,

pharmaceutical and retail industries in Europe. During his time at Moody’s, Gilberto has also covered European infrastructure companies, including airports, ports and rail infrastructure managers and has contributed to number of Moody’s reports on those topics.

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2018, Gilberto was a credit analyst at Société Générale covering a wide range of sectors, including oil & gas, mining and financial institutions. Prior to this, Gilberto worked as an analyst at Fitch Ratings covering public finance issuers in Mexico.

Gilberto holds a Bachelor degree of Economics from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from EDHEC Business School, France, and is a CFA charterholder. Gilberto is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Angelique Crocker Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Angelique is an Assistant Vice President - Analyst at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in London. She covers a diverse portfolio of investment and speculative grade issuers within the medical devices, retail and business & consumer services sectors. Angelique joined Moody’s in 2012 in the Johannesburg, South Africa, office and relocated to London in 2017. She has worked in the Corporate Finance Group throughout this time and covered a range of High Yield and Investment Grade issuers across various sectors. Angelique has a Master’s degree in Commerce, specialising in Economics from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Commerce and Honours in Economics and Management from Rhodes University, South Africa.

Frederic Massard Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Frederic joined Moody's in 2018 and is based in Stockholm. He is the lead analyst for a portfolio of high yield chemicals and chemical distribution companies.

Prior to joining Moody's, Frederic gathered experience in the banking industry. He graduated with M.Sc. in Finance from the BI Norwegian Business School and holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Vienne

Fiona Knox Vice President-Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Fiona is a Vice President -Senior Analyst within Moody's Corporate Finance Group based in London. She manages a portfolio of investment grade and high yield corporates across diversified sectors. Immediately before her current role Fiona was a member of Moody's Analytics Credit, Risk and Lending team. Fiona joined Moody's in 2011 bringing nearly 20 years of banking experience. Prior to joining Moody's Fiona worked in the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of a New York-based multinational investment bank and previously in the Leveraged Acquisition Finance team of a Boston-based corporate finance house. She commenced her career with an investment bank in Sydney. Fiona holds a B.Sc. (Hons) Economics and Finance, London School of Economics, University of London, and an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law.

Ian Gilday Head of Leveraged and Acquisition Finance for EMEA Morgan Stanley

• 30 years of investment banking experience, one of the longest standing leveraged financiers in Europe
• Responsible for the EMEA Leveraged and Acquisition Finance business at Morgan Stanley
• Voting member of the Capital Commitments Committee
• Prior to joining MS in 2014, Ian spent 10 years setting up and running the Leveraged Capital Markets business at Goldman Sachs; 6 years the same at Merrill Lynch; prior to that set up the same at Deutsche Bank
• Has transacted across all sectors and most geographies in Europe, cross border into the US and Asia, corporate and sponsor deals

Jacques McChesney Partner, High Yield Practice Ashurst

He is a New York qualified lawyer with 23 years of experience in practice in European leveraged finance and debt capital markets, with a focus on high yield acquisition finance and bond deals.

He represents issuers, sponsors and underwriters on complex corporate financings. In addition, he advises clients with respect to investment grade offerings, restructurings, debt tender/consent solicitations, and private placements.

Jacques has advised in multiple jurisdictions across the EMEA region, with a particular focus on Spain, the U.K. and Italy.

Mike Carruthers Head of European Private Credit Blackstone

Mike Carruthers is Head of European Private Credit for Blackstone Credit’s European private credit business. Mr. Carruthers is involved in the origination, researching, structuring, and managing of our investments. 

Mr. Carruthers re-joined the London team in 2022 after having previously relocated to Toronto, Canada to focus on BX Credit origination efforts in Canada and the Midwest.  Mr. Carruthers previously worked in the London office of Blackstone Credit from 2006 – 2019. Prior to joining Blackstone Credit, Mr. Carruthers worked in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse.

Mr. Carruthers graduated with Honors in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.

Peter Allan Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income European Credit Research PGIM

Peter Allan is a Managing Director and Head of PGIM Fixed Income's European Credit Research team, based in London. Previously, he was a Portfolio Manager in the European Leveraged Finance Team at PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. Prior to joining the Firm in December 2010, he was Head of European Loans at Aladdin Capital Management in London, where he established and ran their CLO business. Previously, Mr. Allan was Head of Leveraged Finance at NIBC Bank. He commenced his career at RBS where he worked for 15 years, spending the latter six years in the Leveraged Finance Group.

Soren Christensen Partner Cinven

Soren leads the Capital Markets team at Cinven. He has worked on a number of transactions, including Avolon, Barentz, Clario (formerly Bioclinica), Coor, Envirotainer, group.one, LGC, Netceed (formerly ETC Group), Master Builders Solutions, Numericable, One.com, Phadia, Spire Healthcare, Synlab and think-cell.

Prior to this, Soren worked at Citigroup within the Leveraged Acquisition Finance Group, where he was involved in the financial structuring and syndication of several major European leveraged buyout transactions.

Soren has a BSc in Economics & Mathematics and an MSc in Finance and Accounting from Copenhagen Business School.

He joined Cinven in 2006.

Angelique Crocker Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Angelique is an Assistant Vice President - Analyst at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in London. She covers a diverse portfolio of investment and speculative grade issuers within the medical devices, retail and business & consumer services sectors. Angelique joined Moody’s in 2012 in the Johannesburg, South Africa, office and relocated to London in 2017. She has worked in the Corporate Finance Group throughout this time and covered a range of High Yield and Investment Grade issuers across various sectors. Angelique has a Master’s degree in Commerce, specialising in Economics from the University of Cape Town and a Bachelor of Commerce and Honours in Economics and Management from Rhodes University, South Africa.

Christina Padgett Associate Managing Director, Leveraged Finance Moody’s Ratings

Christina Padgett is an Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group and leads the Leveraged Finance Research and Analytics team. She spends most of her time chairing speculative grade rating committees and producing credit research with a focus on the leveraged finance market and private equity. 

Before joining Moody’s, Christina was a vice president at JPMorganChase in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group. Prior to her experience in investment banking, Christina finished the bank’s Credit Training program and worked in Europe Corporate Finance and Credit Audit. She received a Masters in International Political Economy from Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs and a B.A. in History from William Smith College.

Colin Ellis Managing Director - Head of Centre for Credit Research Moody's Ratings

Colin Ellis is Moody’s first Global Credit Strategist, and a Managing Director in the Credit Strategy team. 

In his current role, Colin provides thought leadership for the rating agency that deepens the understanding of ratings and debt capital markets through rigorous and quantitative research. He leads Moody’s teams working on default and ratings analytics and on global financial analysis, including bank projections and stress testing. Colin is also a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the global forecasts that underpin Moody’s universe of ratings.

Colin joined Moody’s in February 2012, initially leading the work of the Macroeconomic Board and authoring the quarterly Global Macro Outlook. He subsequently worked in the Financial Institutions Group, developing quantitative forward-looking analyses. For 8 years he was the Chief Credit Officer for EMEA, leading analysis and coordination of credit and ratings across all rating franchises in the region. He was also the ‘Head of UK’ for Moody's Ratings, responsible for the running of Moody’s UK operations, from 2019-2022 including the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Prior to joining Moody’s, Colin held roles at the Bank of England, Daiwa Capital Markets, the BVCA and at Birmingham University. He has published papers on a range of topics including corporate investment and pricing, credit risk, private equity, data uncertainty, stress testing, financial contagion and monetary policy. Colin holds degrees from York University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Middlesex University. He is a Visiting Professor at Hult International Business School and LSBU, and is also a Fellow of the RSA.

David Beadle Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

David Beadle joined Moody’s in 2014 and covers retail industry credits in the UK and Western Europe as a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group in London. He covers a number of UK retailers, including the grocers, Tesco and Wm Morrison, fuel forecourt operator Euro Garages, and fashion businesses, House of Fraser, Matalan and New Look. His coverage also includes French, German and Dutch issuers. Prior to joining Moody's David had spent more than 15 years as a credit analyst and portfolio manager in the City, most recently with international specialist banking and asset management group, Investec.

Ernesto Bisagno Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group Moody’s Ratings

Ernesto Bisagno is a Vice President – Sr Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Ernesto is the EMEA tobacco analyst and also covers the EMEA food, consumer goods and retail sectors.

Ernesto joined Moody’s in June 2014 with an extensive professional experience in risk management and credit analysis in several leading financial institutions in the UK and Italy, most recently with Citigroup and UBS where he covered energy, metals, mining and chemicals across Western Europe and the UK.

Ernesto was also a senior auditor with PWC earlier in his career. Ernesto holds an Economics degree from Università degli Studi di Genova and is also a CFA Charter Holder.

Fiona Knox Vice President-Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Fiona is a Vice President -Senior Analyst within Moody's Corporate Finance Group based in London. She manages a portfolio of investment grade and high yield corporates across diversified sectors. Immediately before her current role Fiona was a member of Moody's Analytics Credit, Risk and Lending team. Fiona joined Moody's in 2011 bringing nearly 20 years of banking experience. Prior to joining Moody's Fiona worked in the Corporate and Investment Banking Division of a New York-based multinational investment bank and previously in the Leveraged Acquisition Finance team of a Boston-based corporate finance house. She commenced her career with an investment bank in Sydney. Fiona holds a B.Sc. (Hons) Economics and Finance, London School of Economics, University of London, and an LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law.

Frederic Massard Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Frederic joined Moody's in 2018 and is based in Stockholm. He is the lead analyst for a portfolio of high yield chemicals and chemical distribution companies.

Prior to joining Moody's, Frederic gathered experience in the banking industry. He graduated with M.Sc. in Finance from the BI Norwegian Business School and holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Vienne

Gilberto Ramos Assistant Vice President-Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Gilberto Ramos is an Assistant Vice President-Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) team based in Paris. Gilberto is lead analyst for a portfolio of high-yield issuers on the healthcare,

pharmaceutical and retail industries in Europe. During his time at Moody’s, Gilberto has also covered European infrastructure companies, including airports, ports and rail infrastructure managers and has contributed to number of Moody’s reports on those topics.

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2018, Gilberto was a credit analyst at Société Générale covering a wide range of sectors, including oil & gas, mining and financial institutions. Prior to this, Gilberto worked as an analyst at Fitch Ratings covering public finance issuers in Mexico.

Gilberto holds a Bachelor degree of Economics from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico and a Master’s degree in Corporate Finance from EDHEC Business School, France, and is a CFA charterholder. Gilberto is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Ian Perrin Associate Managing Director, Structured Finance Moody's Ratings

Ian is an Associate Managing Director within the Structured Finance Group with primary responsibilities of managing the team in charge of monitoring Corporate Securitization transactions which include CLOs, ABS SMEs, ABCP, Repacks and CMBS.

Ian joined Moody’s in August 2001 and was lead analyst on rating various types of CDOs and Consumer ABS structures until April 2013 when he moved to his current role.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Ian worked at CDC Marches (now Natixis) as a Risk/Result Analyst.

Ian holds a Master’s Degree in Structured Finance from Université de Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) and a Global Executive MBA from TRIUM (HEC Paris / NYU Stern / LSE).

Jeanine Arnold EMEA Leveraged Finance, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Jeanine Arnold oversees the Moody's EMEA Leveraged Finance franchise and co-ordinates Leveraged Finance globally. She is part of the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) and Moody's Global Private Credit team with responsibility for EMEA corporates based in London.

Jeanine's primary responsibility is for ratings consistency and accuracy of leveraged finance issuer ratings across EMEA and in collaboration with other regions. She also has responsibility for leveraged finance research and thought leadership as well as investor, banking and private equity outreach. She heads up the Global Leveraged Finance Data and Analytics strategy, which underpins Moody’s research and outreach initiatives.

Prior to Jeanine's current role, she led the Paris-based CFG team, which was responsible for a wide range of credits across the healthcare, retail, transportation, IT, gaming and business and consumer services industries.

During her time at Moody’s Jeanine has been a lead analyst for European Airlines and Aerospace and Defense companies as well as investment holding companies, manufacturing and semiconductor companies.

Prior to joining Moody’s Jeanine was a Director at Fitch Ratings based in London, specializing in the rating of transportation names across Europe, the CIS and Middle East, including Rail, Airlines, Shipping and Ports. Prior to this, she worked in the credit risk management and investment banking teams of Bank of America Merrill Lynch as well as RBS, where she managed credit finance transactions for European Industrials within the Automotive, Chemical and Manufacturing sectors.

Jeanine qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2006 from Ernst and Young in London and has a Joint Honors degree in French and German from the University of Nottingham.

Lisa Gundy Vice President – Senior Officer Legal Review, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Lisa Gundy is a Vice President in the Covenant Office at Moody’s in London, leading the covenant analysis coverage across EMEA. She joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing over 10 years of financial services experience.Prior to joining Moody’s, Lisa worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, having started her career at Deloitte & Touche.Lisa holds a BA (Hons) in History from Manchester University and is a practicing lawyer.

Luigi Bucci Assistant Vice President -Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Luigi Bucci is a AVP-Analyst in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group, based in London.

Luigi joined Moody’s in 2014 and is part of the European Telecoms team. Prior to his current role, Luigi was the lead analyst for a number of software names in the leverage finance space.

Luigi holds a Management degree from the University of Bristol. Prior to joining Moody’s, Luigi covered a number of roles within the automotive sector.

Martin Hallmark Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Ratings

Martin Hallmark is a Senior Vice President at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group in London. He joined Moody’s in June 2014 and has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and credit analysis.

Before joining Moody’s he spent 7 years as a Senior Analyst at CVC Credit Partners analysing and monitoring investments within the European leveraged finance and high yield markets. Prior to CVC Credit Partners he was at RBS where he was responsible for origination, structuring and execution of leveraged finance transactions both in the European and the UK mid-cap markets, including 4 years in Milan. Prior to that, he worked at BDO Stoy Hayward where he covered auditing, accounting and Corporate Finance sectors.

Martin is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Music from Cambridge University.

Sean Marion Managing Director, Structured Finance Moody’s Ratings

Sean Marion heads up Moody’s EMEA Structured Finance Group, based in London. He is responsible for overseeing both primary issuance and surveillance functions for Consumer Assets, Corporate Assets and Covered Bonds, with teams based in London, Frankfurt, Paris, Madrid and Milan.

Prior to joining the Structured Finance Group he was a London-based Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group, responsible for ratings coverage in the Nordics, Baltics, South-Eastern Europe and emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa.

Before relocating to London in 2011, Mr. Marion held various positions of progressive responsibility in Moody’s, including working in the firm’s offices in Mexico City and Toronto. Before joining Moody’s, Mr. Marion worked for The Economist Intelligence Unit, conducting research on macroeconomic and country risk. Mr. Marion holds graduate degrees in economics from the Université Paris I (Sorbonne) and the London School of Economics. He also holds an undergraduate degree from Bishop’s University, Canada. Mr. Marion is fluent in French and Spanish.

Sven Reinke Managing Director, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings

Sven Reinke is a Managing Director in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Sven is responsible for a team on London-based Lead Analysts covering Commodities, TMT and Business and Consumer Services sectors. Sven joined Moody’s in the autumn of 2013 with 12 years’ experience in a number of different corporate credit roles. During his first nine years at Moody’s, Sven was a Lead Analyst covering a number of different corporate sectors.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Sven spent six years as a Senior Corporate Credit Officer at UBS Investment Bank in London responsible for the credit risk management of a portfolio of corporates in different industries. Before joining UBS, Sven was the Lead Credit Analyst for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi’s German and Benelux blue chip counterparties. At the start of his career, Sven spent four years as a Credit Analyst at Deutsche Bank’s German mid-cap credit risk department.

Sven has a Masters Degree in Economics with focus on finance and banking from The Berlin School of Economics and Law. Sven also passed all levels of the CFA Program.