CEE & CIS Deep Dive
Stabilizing credit conditions in CEE while geopolitical and economic instability in CIS continues to present a risk
Economic growth is expected to accelerate in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), while geopolitical challenges continue to constrain the Commonwealth of Independent states (CIS). Trends are mixed for issuers operating in these regions, with improving business conditions for CEE banks and corporates while CIS issuers’ growth potential is limited by structural problems, large investment requirements and geopolitics.
Discussion Topics:
- What is the outlook for economic growth in the CEE region?
- How will a normalization of inflation and lower interest rates impact credit conditions for CEE issuers?
- What will drive sovereign creditworthiness and growth across the CIS region?
- How are issuers in CIS navigating geopolitical challenges and macroeconomic volatility?
This interactive session bringing together cross-sector credit experts to assess regional credit dynamics.
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SpeakersKatja Reise Vice President - Senior Analyst, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
Olivier Chemla Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Credit Strategy and Standards Moody's Ratings
Sebastien Cieniewski Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings
Ekaterina Lipatova Vice President – Senior Analyst, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings
Petr Paklin Assistant Vice President – Analyst, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings
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Katja Reise is a Vice President and lead analyst in the Europe, Middle East and Africa banking team, based in Frankfurt. In this capacity, she provides rating analysis for a range of financial institutions in several Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries.
Katja enjoys more than 20 years of work experience in the banking industry, with an emphasis on bank credit analysis and European debt capital markets. Prior to joining Moody’s, Katja was a Senior Credit Analyst with leading analytical responsibility for banks in CEE, Turkey and the Middle East at Capital Intelligence Ratings, a rating agency specialized on emerging markets. Her career further spans positions as credit analyst and debt capital market expert for financial institutions, European corporates and public sector authorities at UniCredit Bank AG and Rentenbank, a German development agency.
Katja is a German-certified banker and holds a degree in Business Administration from the Academy of Administration and Economy (Verwaltungs- undWirtschaftsakademie), Munich
Olivier Chemla is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Credit Strategy and Standards Group. Based in Frankfurt, he works with the EMEA Chief Credit Officer on ensuring rating consistency across different asset classes. He was a lead analyst for a portfolio of European sovereigns and multilateral institutions between 2018 and 2025. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2018, Olivier served as Chief economist in the French business association for large companies (Afep) for six years. Olivier started his career in the French public administration, holding various positions in the ministries for Labour, Health and Economics. He was appointed Special Adviser to the Minister for the Budget, Public accounts and the State reform in the summer of 2011.
Sebastien is part of the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in Poland. His current portfolio focuses on oil and chemical companies. Until 2022, Sebastien was based in London covering European telecommunications and media issuers and prior to that was responsible for a portfolio of mainly European high yield issuers operating in industries including payment solutions, business and consumer services, equipment and transportation rental services, and retail.
Prior to re-joining Moody’s in 2011, Sebastien was an analyst within the credit team at LGT Capital Partners (fund of hedge funds based in Switzerland), where he monitored a portfolio of investments in distressed credit/special situations hedge funds.
Ekaterina Lipatova is a Vice President – Senior Analyst at Moody’s, based in Dubai. She is responsible for ratings of corporate issuers in various sectors in CIS including oil&gas, infrastructure, consumer products, and others.
Ekaterina joined Moody’s in 2008 after working for VTB for 5 years, in Moscow, specialising in corporate lending and later in trade finance transactions. Ekaterina holds two Master degrees in Finance from the State Academy of Finance in Moscow and SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan.