Naoki Shimizu is an Associate Managing Director – Head of Relationship Management, Commercial Group (Japan). In this role, he leads business development and manages issuer client as well as intermediary relationships in Japan. As Japan Country Manager, he manages the operating environment for the Moody’s Japan business and maintains senior relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

Naoki joined Moody’s in 2012 initially with the Moody’s Analytics sales team in Tokyo before moving to assume his current position in 2018 at Moody’s Investors Service - Commercial Group. He has been a member of the APAC Diversity Council since 2022 and is passionate about building an inclusive workplace.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Naoki worked at Citi for 12 years, primarily as a structured finance arranger both in New York and Tokyo. He started his career at a Japanese government aid financial institution to support the economic and social development of emerging market countries.

Naoki holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering from University of Tokyo and a master-of-arts degree in international economics from Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University.

Stefan Angrick is the Head of Japan and Frontier Market Economics at Moody's in Tokyo. He holds a master's degree from Leipzig University and a PhD from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies in Tokyo. He has previously held positions with Oxford Economics, the Asian Development Bank Institute, the Bank of Finland, and Keio University.

Deborah Tan is a Vice President within Moody’s Credit Strategy and Guidance Group. Based in Singapore, she leads Moody’s thematic research for India, Southeast Asia and Australia with a focus on producing forward-looking macro-credit insights and outlooks. Her responsibilities also include designing scenario analysis to test the resilience of Moody’s rating methodologies and assessing the impact of these scenarios. 

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2019, Deborah was a macroeconomist at BHP Billiton where she covered both India and the US and led the Group’s interest rate, FX and long-term growth projections for key markets. She has also worked at the Monetary Authority of Singapore and PWC. 

Deborah holds a master’s in Economics from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor of science in Economics from University College London.

Mariko Semetko is an Associate Managing Director for the Corporate Finance Group (CFG) for Moody’s Ratings. Based in Tokyo, she leads a team of analysts covering Japanese nonfinancial corporates and public infrastructure finance, and oversees the public sectors.

Prior to becoming a manager, Mariko was a lead analyst for a variety of corporates and utilities in Japan and the US. She has extensive experience both in the investment-grade and high-yield spaces. Mariko transferred to the Tokyo office in 2013 after working in the New York office since joining the company in 2006.

Roman Schorr is a Vice President – Senior Analyst in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Tokyo, Roman is responsible for a diverse portfolio of major Japanese corporates in the diversified manufacturing, technology, shipping, oil and gas and steel sectors.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Roman was a Director at Fitch Ratings in Tokyo, covering Japanese corporate credits, following his transfer from Fitch’s Frankfurt office. Previously, he was in corporate credit with Mizuho Bank in Dusseldorf.

Roman holds Masters degrees in Japanese Studies and Business Studies from the University of Duisburg-Essen, and in English Philology, Linguistics and Literature from Freie Universitaet Berlin. A native German speaker, Roman is fluent in English and Japanese.

Ryohei Nishio is a Vice President - Senior Analyst with Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Tokyo, he covers a portfolio of Japanese corporates in various sectors, including telecom, beverage, and manufacturing.

Before joining Moody’s, Ryohei worked for J.P. Morgan in Tokyo as a Credit Officer, covering a wide range of large Japanese corporate clients. Prior to that, he started his career at Rating and Investment Information, Inc. as a Rating Analyst.

Ryohei holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Management from Hitotsubashi University. He is a CFA charterholder, and a member of the CFA Society Japan.

Hiroe Yamamoto is an AVP- Analyst in the Public Infrastructure Finance department. Based in Tokyo, she manages a portfolio of regional/local governments and government-related issuers in Japan.

Hiroe joined Moody’s in 2015 as an Associate Analyst supporting the analysis of Japanese sub-sovereigns and publishing research on the sector. She also covered utilities, auto and other major corporates. Prior to that, Hiroe analyzed Japanese public sector entities at Credit Foncier and Dexia Credit Local in Tokyo.

Hiroe holds a Bachelor’s degree from Sophia University.

Sachiko Awano is based in Tokyo Office, working as a lead analyst within Moody’s Sub-Sovereign Group, covering regional governments (cities, prefectures, and government-related corps). 

Before joining Mood’s, Sachiko worked for MUFG International Credit Division, engaging credit monitoring and approval on Multi-National Corporates, Joint Ventures, as well as Chinese Corps including Chinese government-related corporates.  

Sachiko holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Pittsburgh and is also an alumna of Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo.

Shunsuke Kimura is an Analyst in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group.

Based in Tokyo, he covers a diversified portfolio of Japanese corporates, including issuers in the real estate, services and manufacturing sectors.

Before rejoining Moody’s, Shunsuke worked at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo as a Credit Risk Associate. Prior to his first stint at Moody’s, he worked at Accenture as a finance specialist, where he created financial models and handled the pricing of new deals.

Shunsuke holds a Bachelor of Economics from Yokohama City University.

Soichiro Makimoto is a Vice President and Senior Credit Officer with Moody’s Japan K.K. He covers Japanese banks and insurance companies.

Soichiro has around 20 years of analytical experience and expertise in a variety of areas in the financial services industry.

Before joining Moody’s, he worked as a consultant on the banking and insurance industries for PwC and other firms, providing services related to M&A strategy, regulatory and rating agency advisory, risk/profit management, auditing and assurance and financial product development and sales strategy.

Soichiro holds a Master’s in physics from the University of Tokyo. He is a CFA charterholder and also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Japan.