Michael West President Moody's Ratings

Mr. West has served as President of Moody’s Ratings since November 2019. Mike served as Managing Director—Head of MIS Ratings and Research from June 2016 to October 2019. Previously, Mike served as Managing Director—Head of Global Structured Finance from February 2014 to May 2016 and Managing Director—Head of Global Corporate Finance from January 2010 to January 2014. Earlier in his career, Mike was also responsible for the research strategy for the ratings businesses and before that led Corporate Finance for the EMEA Region, European Corporates and the EMEA leveraged finance business. Prior to joining Moody’s in 1998, Mike worked at Bank of America and HSBC in various credit roles.

Atsi Sheth Managing Director, Chief Credit Officer and Global Head of Credit Strategy & Standards Moody's Ratings

Atsi Sheth is Managing Director and Global Head, Credit Strategy and Research.

Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research group includes global teams focused on Macroeconomic Research, Default & Ratings Analytics and Global Emerging Markets as well as regional credit strategy teams each focused on Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and EMEA.

Together these teams establish and articulate Moody’s house views on the trends that drive risk across countries, sectors and asset classes. They undertake in depth data driven analysis and leverage the expertise of ratings and research analysts across Moody’s to generate global, regional and sector insights on macro-economic, political, policy, technology and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.

In her capacity leading the group, Atsi also serves as a spokesperson on Moody’s analytic views, engaging with investors, the media and a wide range of public and private sector stakeholders.

Atsi is a long-time champion of Moody’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) as well as our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. She serves as co-chair of the CSR Thought Leadership & Solutions working group and the Senior Advisor to Moody’s Asian Leadership Initiative - a Multicultural Business Resource Group.

Prior to her current role, Atsi was Moody’s Chief Credit Officer for the Americas and before that Managing Director in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. She has also served as Chief Economist at Reliance Capital and taught courses on International Political Economy and Emerging Markets at Columbia University and Northwestern University. Atsi has a PhD from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Bombay University.

Will Peck Head of Digital Assets WisdomTree

Will Peck serves as Head of Digital Assets at WisdomTree. In this role, he oversees WisdomTree’s digital asset, crypto and blockchain initiatives. These initiatives include crypto asset management products, tokenization and WisdomTree’s digital wallet offering, WisdomTree Prime. Previously, he served as Head of Strategy and Emerging Technologies for WisdomTree. Prior to WisdomTree, he worked in investment banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch covering a range of financial services companies. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University.

Robert Mitchnick Head of Digital Assets BlackRock

Robert Mitchnick serves as the Head of Digital Assets for BlackRock. He is a member of the Corp Exec-COO Executive team. Rob is responsible for driving BlackRock's digital assets strategy, including working with internal business units to develop and execute on strategic initiatives around digital assets.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Robbie spent time at CPP Investment Board in Public Markets and Private Investments, and at Ripple. During his time at Ripple, Robbie co-authored 'A Fundamental Valuation Framework for Cryptoassets' along with John Bates Clark medal winner Susan Athey.

Robbie has BA & BCOM degrees from Queen's University and an MBA from Stanford, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar and the Robichek Award winner in Finance. He holds a Blockchain Technologies Certification from MIT Sloan, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Puneet Singhvi Head of Digital Assets Citi

Puneet and his team lead enterprise-wide Blockchain and Digital Asset initiatives globally for Citi, including efforts to develop digital asset solutions across the firm using unified technology capabilities and strategic approach. His team provides subject matter expertise, drives product development and defines distinct strategy on digital asset opportunities including new products, new clients, and new investments. Puneet also leads institutional engagement with stakeholders such as clients, fintechs and central banks, on digital asset opportunities.

Previously, Puneet led the Digital Assets team for Citi’s institutional businesses. Puneet has worked at Citi across the developed and emerging markets in various management roles within Citi’s Markets, Securities Services and Trade & Transaction Services businesses. His roles have included leading the Citi Financial Markets Infrastructure Team, Citi Global Clearing Payments Product, Citi Foreign Exchange Prime & Derivative Clearing Product Management, Trade Finance and Asset Backed Finance.

Puneet Singhvi has been serving on the boards of LCH ForexClear and DTCC DerivServ.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jai Narain Vyas University. He completed his Master’s in business management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Patrick Martinez Vice President, Digital Assets & Financial Markets Northern Trust

Patrick serves as the North American Vice President on Northern Trust's Digital Asset & Financial Markets team and is responsible for the execution and investment in the bank’s digital asset strategy.

Based in Chicago, Patrick has over a decade of experience in financial services and helps lead the bank’s efforts through the identification and development of new innovation initiatives – defending the franchise from disintermediation, driving profitable business growth, and increasing operational efficiency. Additionally, Patrick is responsible for managing the team’s global opportunity set and developing unique partnerships with other market participants, including incumbent financial institutions and early-stage fintech companies, bringing a synergistic approach to the innovation model. Lastly, leveraging market intelligence on new industry developments and shifting market dynamics, Patrick informs the bank’s go-forward strategy and is regularly called upon as an expert on DLT, digital assets, tokenization, data & analytics, and quantum computing.

A graduate of The University of Dayton, Patrick began his career at a large U.S. based insurer and wealth management firm and was most recently the CEO/Founder of 3/AXIS, an early-stage fintech startup based in Chicago.

Rajeev Bamra Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Economy Strategy Moody's Ratings

Rajeev Bamra serves as the Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy for Digital Economy at Moody's Rating. A seasoned executive and thought leader, he plays a pivotal role in shaping the intersection of traditional finance and digital finance within the rating agency. In his current position, Rajeev leads the strategy and operations group, driving key decisions at Executive and Senior Leadership levels, and ensuring Moody's readiness for the digitalization of the global economy.

Rajeev has been a key influencer in instilling the concept of digital finance, encompassing digital currencies, decentralized technologies, and innovative product design, into the fabric of Moody's ecosystem. His visionary leadership extracts the maximum potential from the evolving digital economy, steering the innovation agenda and operational planning for the organization.

As a recognized thought leader, Rajeev has authored research papers and thought leadership documents on digital finance infrastructure development, leveraging transformative technologies such as blockchain and AI across various sectors. Actively representing Moody's at events, panels, webinars, and podcasts, he helps optimize stakeholder relations to underscore Moody's commitment to digital finance and innovation. His visionary leadership and strategic acumen continue to propel Moody's into the forefront of the evolving digital economy.

Renée Berman Managing Director DTCC Digital Assets

Renée Berman is a Managing Director at DTCC Digital Assets. In this capacity, she focuses on exploring opportunities to leverage digital asset technology to create new and additional value for DTCC and its clients by reimagining the capital markets post-trade ecosystem. In her role, Renée collaborates with Clearing & Securities Services (CSS) and global peers to develop use cases to accelerate adoption of digital assets.

Prior to joining DTCC, Renée led Capital Markets Strategy at Broadridge where she drove strategy, corporate development, and strategic initiatives. Before that, she served as COO of Equity Derivatives Americas at Credit Suisse and as a Program Officer at the Credit Suisse Foundation and The Goldman Sachs Foundation.

Renée’s background in organizational strategy spans more than 10 years and includes roles and consulting experience at Bain and The Bridgespan Group, Bain’s affiliate which provides consulting to non-profit organizations.

Renée has an MBA from the University of Chicago, where she graduated with High Honors, and an undergraduate degree from Wharton.

Fabian Astic Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Economy Moody's Ratings

Fabian Astic serves on Moody’s Ratings Senior Leadership Team as Managing

Director and Global Head of Decentralized Finance & Digital Assets, Cyber Credit Risk,

and AI Analytics. He leads the group responsible for the rating agency’s preparedness

for the digitalization of the global economy, driven by transformative technologies

like AI and blockchain. Specific areas of focus for the group include analytics and

research, market and policy development, and process, data, and technology.

Fabian is widely recognized for his expertise in both traditional finance and digital

finance, often speaking at high-profile industry conferences and contributing to

leading trade association events and podcasts. He serves on the Digital Asset Markets

Subcommittee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets

Advisory Committee, which focuses on digital finance and asset tokenization, and on

the board of QuantCube Technology, an AI company providing predictive analytics

and economic forecasts from alternative data. Additionally, he is the Secretary of the

board of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a Moody’s partner, which supports LGBTQ

youth. In 2018, Fabian was named as one of Business Equality Magazine’s “40 LGBTQ

Leaders Under 40.”

Prior to his current role, Fabian established and led the group responsible for

developing quantitative models and analytical tools used in Moody’s rating process, as

well as innovation activities, including advanced capabilities in machine learning and

artificial intelligence.

Since joining Moody’s in 2006, Fabian has held roles in Credit Policy Research and the

Structured Finance Group, analyzing various structured credit products and

contributing to rating methodologies.

Fabian holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Mathematical Finance,

as well as a Master’s Degree in Mathematics Applied to Economic Sciences and a

Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from Université Paris

Dauphine. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Science and Executive Engineering from

the Ecole des Mines de Paris, where he specialized in Quantitative Finance

Will Peck Head of Digital Assets WisdomTree

Will Peck serves as Head of Digital Assets at WisdomTree. In this role, he oversees WisdomTree’s digital asset, crypto and blockchain initiatives. These initiatives include crypto asset management products, tokenization and WisdomTree’s digital wallet offering, WisdomTree Prime. Previously, he served as Head of Strategy and Emerging Technologies for WisdomTree. Prior to WisdomTree, he worked in investment banking for Bank of America Merrill Lynch covering a range of financial services companies. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University.

Robert Mitchnick Head of Digital Assets BlackRock

Robert Mitchnick serves as the Head of Digital Assets for BlackRock. He is a member of the Corp Exec-COO Executive team. Rob is responsible for driving BlackRock's digital assets strategy, including working with internal business units to develop and execute on strategic initiatives around digital assets.

Prior to joining BlackRock, Robbie spent time at CPP Investment Board in Public Markets and Private Investments, and at Ripple. During his time at Ripple, Robbie co-authored 'A Fundamental Valuation Framework for Cryptoassets' along with John Bates Clark medal winner Susan Athey.

Robbie has BA & BCOM degrees from Queen's University and an MBA from Stanford, where he graduated as an Arjay Miller Scholar and the Robichek Award winner in Finance. He holds a Blockchain Technologies Certification from MIT Sloan, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Puneet Singhvi Head of Digital Assets Citi

Puneet and his team lead enterprise-wide Blockchain and Digital Asset initiatives globally for Citi, including efforts to develop digital asset solutions across the firm using unified technology capabilities and strategic approach. His team provides subject matter expertise, drives product development and defines distinct strategy on digital asset opportunities including new products, new clients, and new investments. Puneet also leads institutional engagement with stakeholders such as clients, fintechs and central banks, on digital asset opportunities.

Previously, Puneet led the Digital Assets team for Citi’s institutional businesses. Puneet has worked at Citi across the developed and emerging markets in various management roles within Citi’s Markets, Securities Services and Trade & Transaction Services businesses. His roles have included leading the Citi Financial Markets Infrastructure Team, Citi Global Clearing Payments Product, Citi Foreign Exchange Prime & Derivative Clearing Product Management, Trade Finance and Asset Backed Finance.

Puneet Singhvi has been serving on the boards of LCH ForexClear and DTCC DerivServ.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jai Narain Vyas University. He completed his Master’s in business management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Renée Berman Managing Director DTCC Digital Assets

Renée Berman is a Managing Director at DTCC Digital Assets. In this capacity, she focuses on exploring opportunities to leverage digital asset technology to create new and additional value for DTCC and its clients by reimagining the capital markets post-trade ecosystem. In her role, Renée collaborates with Clearing & Securities Services (CSS) and global peers to develop use cases to accelerate adoption of digital assets.

Prior to joining DTCC, Renée led Capital Markets Strategy at Broadridge where she drove strategy, corporate development, and strategic initiatives. Before that, she served as COO of Equity Derivatives Americas at Credit Suisse and as a Program Officer at the Credit Suisse Foundation and The Goldman Sachs Foundation.

Renée’s background in organizational strategy spans more than 10 years and includes roles and consulting experience at Bain and The Bridgespan Group, Bain’s affiliate which provides consulting to non-profit organizations.

Renée has an MBA from the University of Chicago, where she graduated with High Honors, and an undergraduate degree from Wharton.

Patrick Martinez Vice President, Digital Assets & Financial Markets Northern Trust

Patrick serves as the North American Vice President on Northern Trust's Digital Asset & Financial Markets team and is responsible for the execution and investment in the bank’s digital asset strategy.

Based in Chicago, Patrick has over a decade of experience in financial services and helps lead the bank’s efforts through the identification and development of new innovation initiatives – defending the franchise from disintermediation, driving profitable business growth, and increasing operational efficiency. Additionally, Patrick is responsible for managing the team’s global opportunity set and developing unique partnerships with other market participants, including incumbent financial institutions and early-stage fintech companies, bringing a synergistic approach to the innovation model. Lastly, leveraging market intelligence on new industry developments and shifting market dynamics, Patrick informs the bank’s go-forward strategy and is regularly called upon as an expert on DLT, digital assets, tokenization, data & analytics, and quantum computing.

A graduate of The University of Dayton, Patrick began his career at a large U.S. based insurer and wealth management firm and was most recently the CEO/Founder of 3/AXIS, an early-stage fintech startup based in Chicago.

Michael West President Moody's Ratings

Mr. West has served as President of Moody’s Ratings since November 2019. Mike served as Managing Director—Head of MIS Ratings and Research from June 2016 to October 2019. Previously, Mike served as Managing Director—Head of Global Structured Finance from February 2014 to May 2016 and Managing Director—Head of Global Corporate Finance from January 2010 to January 2014. Earlier in his career, Mike was also responsible for the research strategy for the ratings businesses and before that led Corporate Finance for the EMEA Region, European Corporates and the EMEA leveraged finance business. Prior to joining Moody’s in 1998, Mike worked at Bank of America and HSBC in various credit roles.

Fabian Astic Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Economy Moody's Ratings

Fabian Astic serves on Moody’s Ratings Senior Leadership Team as Managing

Director and Global Head of Decentralized Finance & Digital Assets, Cyber Credit Risk,

and AI Analytics. He leads the group responsible for the rating agency’s preparedness

for the digitalization of the global economy, driven by transformative technologies

like AI and blockchain. Specific areas of focus for the group include analytics and

research, market and policy development, and process, data, and technology.

Fabian is widely recognized for his expertise in both traditional finance and digital

finance, often speaking at high-profile industry conferences and contributing to

leading trade association events and podcasts. He serves on the Digital Asset Markets

Subcommittee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets

Advisory Committee, which focuses on digital finance and asset tokenization, and on

the board of QuantCube Technology, an AI company providing predictive analytics

and economic forecasts from alternative data. Additionally, he is the Secretary of the

board of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a Moody’s partner, which supports LGBTQ

youth. In 2018, Fabian was named as one of Business Equality Magazine’s “40 LGBTQ

Leaders Under 40.”

Prior to his current role, Fabian established and led the group responsible for

developing quantitative models and analytical tools used in Moody’s rating process, as

well as innovation activities, including advanced capabilities in machine learning and

artificial intelligence.

Since joining Moody’s in 2006, Fabian has held roles in Credit Policy Research and the

Structured Finance Group, analyzing various structured credit products and

contributing to rating methodologies.

Fabian holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Mathematical Finance,

as well as a Master’s Degree in Mathematics Applied to Economic Sciences and a

Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from Université Paris

Dauphine. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Science and Executive Engineering from

the Ecole des Mines de Paris, where he specialized in Quantitative Finance

Atsi Sheth Managing Director, Chief Credit Officer and Global Head of Credit Strategy & Standards Moody's Ratings

Atsi Sheth is Managing Director and Global Head, Credit Strategy and Research.

Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research group includes global teams focused on Macroeconomic Research, Default & Ratings Analytics and Global Emerging Markets as well as regional credit strategy teams each focused on Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and EMEA.

Together these teams establish and articulate Moody’s house views on the trends that drive risk across countries, sectors and asset classes. They undertake in depth data driven analysis and leverage the expertise of ratings and research analysts across Moody’s to generate global, regional and sector insights on macro-economic, political, policy, technology and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.

In her capacity leading the group, Atsi also serves as a spokesperson on Moody’s analytic views, engaging with investors, the media and a wide range of public and private sector stakeholders.

Atsi is a long-time champion of Moody’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) as well as our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. She serves as co-chair of the CSR Thought Leadership & Solutions working group and the Senior Advisor to Moody’s Asian Leadership Initiative - a Multicultural Business Resource Group.

Prior to her current role, Atsi was Moody’s Chief Credit Officer for the Americas and before that Managing Director in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. She has also served as Chief Economist at Reliance Capital and taught courses on International Political Economy and Emerging Markets at Columbia University and Northwestern University. Atsi has a PhD from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Bombay University.

Rajeev Bamra Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Economy Strategy Moody's Ratings

Rajeev Bamra serves as the Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy for Digital Economy at Moody's Rating. A seasoned executive and thought leader, he plays a pivotal role in shaping the intersection of traditional finance and digital finance within the rating agency. In his current position, Rajeev leads the strategy and operations group, driving key decisions at Executive and Senior Leadership levels, and ensuring Moody's readiness for the digitalization of the global economy.

Rajeev has been a key influencer in instilling the concept of digital finance, encompassing digital currencies, decentralized technologies, and innovative product design, into the fabric of Moody's ecosystem. His visionary leadership extracts the maximum potential from the evolving digital economy, steering the innovation agenda and operational planning for the organization.

As a recognized thought leader, Rajeev has authored research papers and thought leadership documents on digital finance infrastructure development, leveraging transformative technologies such as blockchain and AI across various sectors. Actively representing Moody's at events, panels, webinars, and podcasts, he helps optimize stakeholder relations to underscore Moody's commitment to digital finance and innovation. His visionary leadership and strategic acumen continue to propel Moody's into the forefront of the evolving digital economy.