Emmanuel Baah Vice President – Senior Analyst, Structured Finance Group Moody’s Investors Service

Emmanuel joined the Structured Finance EMEA ABS and RMBS New Ratings team in April 2022, responsible for assigning new ratings to consumer securitisations (residential mortgage, auto loan, consumer loan and credit card) and releasing relevant and timely research. 

Prior to joining Moody's, he worked at the Bank of England (BoE) for over 6 years, primarily covering the assessment of RMBS and residential mortgage pools as collateral for use across the Bank's various liquidity schemes. Before joining the BoE, Emmanuel worked at another top 3 rating agency, covering new issuance and surveillance of CMBS for 6 years, before then covering Leveraged loan CLOs for just under 2 years. He also worked for over 3 years as an Economic analyst at the beginning of his career.

Emmanuel holds an MSc in Business Economics from the University of Manchester, and a BSc in Economics from University College London.

Nicolas Odella Vice President – Senior Analyst, Structured Finance Group Moody's Investors Service

Nicolas holds the position of Vice President / Senior Analyst at Moody's, having been a part of the firm since 2010. Initially, his expertise was centered around the surveillance of EMEA ABS and RMBS transactions, particularly those originating from Spain, Italy, and Portugal. However, his focus has shifted in 2022 towards the UK market for RMBS and ABS. His role involves monitoring of ratings related to consumer securitisations, including residential mortgage, auto loan, consumer loan, and credit card, while also ensuring the release of pertinent and timely research.

Before his current role, Nicolas held analytical responsibilities for several insurance groups across Latin America. His coverage spanned insurers and reinsurers in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia. Additionally, he was a part of the Methodology Review Group at Moody's. In this capacity, he assessed the consistency and analytical rigor of credit rating methodologies applied to Financial institutions, Structured Finance transactions, and Corporates on a global scale.

Nicolas is holds an Actuarial degree from the Universidad del Salvador. He is fluent in Spanish and English.

Meghan Kelleher Executive Director J.P. Morgan

Meghan Kelleher is lead strategist for the International Securitisation and UK Housing Association research teams within J.P. Morgan’s European Credit Research. The team is ranked #2 for Developed Europe: Asset-Backed Securities Strategy in Institutional Investor’s Global Fixed Income Research Team Survey and was voted as Securitization Research House of the Year in the 2023 Global Capital European Securitization Awards. Before assuming her current role in 2016, she led J.P. Morgan’s US CMBS strategy team. 

Meghan holds a BS in Applied and Computational Mathematics and Business, Economics and Management from the California Institute of Technology.