Inside South & Southeast Asia
India In-depth | Growth trajectory, trade and transition
Join Moody's Ratings analysts as they unpack the key credit themes impacting India – from fiscal reform and funding dynamics to manufacturing competitiveness and climate resilience.
Discussion topics:
- How resilient is India’s sovereign credit profile amid global shocks, fiscal pressures and policy uncertainty?
- How are evolving US policies and a shifting global trade landscape reshaping India’s export competitiveness and supply chain strategies?
- What risks and opportunities do Indian banks, corporates and infrastructure issuers face as regulatory frameworks evolve?
- What are the main enablers and roadblocks for scaling up clean energy and sustainable transport in India?
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Speakers
Maisam Hasnain
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance
Moody's Ratings
Christian de Guzman
Senior Vice President - Manager, Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk
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Nicky Dang
Senior Vice President, Credit Strategy and Guidance Group
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Sweta Patodia
Assistant Vice President – Analyst, Corporate Finance
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Amit Pandey
Vice President - Senior Analyst, Financial Institutions Group
Moody’s Ratings
Tushar Agarwal
Analyst, Project and Infrastructure Finance
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Maisam Hasnain is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group.
Based in Singapore, Maisam covers a portfolio of companies across the industrial, mining and plantation sectors in Southeast Asia.
Prior to his move to Singapore in 2017, Maisam spent four years in Moody’s Hong Kong office covering a broad array of sectors, including telecommunications, communications infrastructure, building materials, and metals and mining.
Maisam joined Moody’s in 2010 and started as an Associate in Moody’s Regional Product Strategy team, which is responsible for managing all aspects of Moody’s research and data service offerings, including new business initiatives.
Maisam holds a double major in Economics and Finance, and a minor in Arabic from The University of Hong Kong. He is also a CFA charterholder.
Christian de Guzman is a Senior Vice President with Moody’s Sovereign and Sub-Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, he covers a portfolio of sovereigns and multilateral development banks in Asia Pacific, including Japan, India and a number of Southeast Asian credits, while also managing the team responsible for sub-sovereign ratings in Asia ex-China.
Christian joined Moody’s in 2009, after working as a Senior Economist for the Monetary Authority of Singapore, covering ASEAN economies. He has also held various positions with the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund in Washington DC, and Procter & Gamble in Singapore.
Christian was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in Economics and Political Science at the University of Georgia and received his M.A. in International Economics and Southeast Asian Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.
Jingjing (Nicky) Dang is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Credit Strategy and Guidance Group. Based in Shanghai, Nicky is responsible for covering a portfolio of China’s regional and local governments and market outreach on enhancing the transparency of relevant methodologies. She also focuses on China credit-related research and market outreach, and drives and coordinates research and credit-related initiatives covering major regional credit events.
Nicky joined Moody’s New York office in February 2007 as an Associate Analyst. She was the lead analyst on various Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) and Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) transactions in the Structured Finance Group. Prior to joining Moody’s Shanghai in February 2023, Nicky was an Associate Managing Director and the head of the Consumer ABS New Ratings Americas team, which covers credit card, auto, student loan, personal loan, timeshares and other consumer related ABS sectors.
Nicky holds a Master’s Degree in Economics from New York University and a BA in Economics from Beijing Technology and Business University. She is also a CFA charterholder.
Sweta Patodia is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst in the Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Singapore, Sweta covers a diversified portfolio of Indian corporates across the oil and gas, technology start-ups and IT sectors.
Sweta joined Moody’s in 2014 as an Associate Analyst. Prior to joining Moody’s, Sweta worked as a Credit Analyst for over three years at HSBC in India.
Sweta is a Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and a CFA charter holder.
Amit Pandey joined Moody’s APAC FIG in Singapore in 2023. He covers a rating portfolio of banks in Asia-Pacific, in particular the South and Southeast Asian region.
Previously, Amit was with S&P Global Ratings for over 10 years in Singapore covering a portfolio of ASEAN and South Asian financial institutions. Prior to that, he served in the debt capital market team of HSBC India and the credit department of Axis Bank in Mumbai.
Amit has extensive credit experience in providing rating and capital advisory services to issuers across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as debt origination and management services of credit portfolios.
Amit has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Tushar is an Analyst in Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance Group. Based in Singapore. He covers utilities, transport infrastructure and project finance credits in Southeast Asia and India.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Tushar worked as a Credit Analyst in Kotak Mahindra Bank in Mumbai, covering project and infrastructure finance, mainly in the Roads and Power space.
Previous roles also includes that of a Credit Analyst in Axis Bank and ICICI Bank.
Tushar is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). He Holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Jai Narain Vyas University.