Rahul Ghosh is Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Emerging Markets at Moody's Ratings. In this role, Rahul is responsible for Moody's Ratings' strategy to systematically integrate material sustainability and climate considerations into credit ratings. He also leads analytical teams that produce assessments on the credentials of sustainable debt (Second Party Opinions) and the strength of companies' carbon transition plans (Net Zero Assessments), as well as the credit rating agency’s thought leadership and market engagement on global emerging market credit.

Rahul regularly takes part in high-profile industry working groups, market briefings, external conferences and media engagements. He represents Moody's as a member of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures and the Transition Finance Council. He also represents Moody's on the Principles for Responsible Investment's advisory committee on credit ratings and the International Capital Market Association's Green and Social Bond Principles advisory council. He has presented on the impact of climate change on global credit markets at the 2025 and 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conferences in Belém (COP30) and Glasgow (COP26), and on sustainable finance trends at the International Finance Corporation's Global Debt Mobilization Conference.

Before his current position, Rahul previously worked in Moody's Credit Strategy & Research team where he was responsible for regional credit oversight and though leadership. Prior to joining Moody's in 2013, Rahul was the Head of Asia at BMI Research (Fitch Solutions) in Singapore, leading a team of macroeconomists and industry specialists in analysing sovereign risk, sector performance and capital markets.

Rahul is the executive sponsor of Moody's UK Multicultural Business Resource Group. He holds a master's degree in economics from the University of Edinburgh and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Society of the UK.

Shirley Zhang is a Vice President in Sustainable Finance Credit at Moody’s Ratings, based in Singapore.
She focuses on ESG integration into credit ratings and leads thought leadership research and outreach across APAC. Shirley is also a core member of Moody’s Development Finance Working Group with a dedicated focus on topics such as blended finance and credit enhancement in bridging the transition financing gap.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Shirley served as Director in Standard Chartered Bank’s Investment Banking practice, advising on transition-related financing and M&A transactions across the Power Utilities and Infrastructure sectors. She also spent 15 years as a research analyst at Wood Mackenzie, CCB International, and Credit Suisse, covering the Energy and Metals & Mining sectors.

Shirley holds a Master’s degree from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Warwick, majoring in Accounting and Finance.

Maisam Hasnain is a Senior Vice President and Regional Head of Assessments for Asia Pacific in Moody’s Sustainable Finance Group.

Based in Singapore, Maisam leads analytical teams across Hong Kong SAR, China; Singapore and Tokyo responsible for producing Second Party Opinions (SPOs) and Net Zero Assessments (NZAs). SPOs provide an opinion on the overall sustainability quality of financial instruments or financing frameworks, while NZAs offer an independent and comparable view of the strength of an entity’s carbon emissions reduction plans relative to a global net-zero pathway.

Prior to his current role, Maisam was Vice President and Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group in Singapore, where he served as lead rating analyst for companies across a broad array of sectors in South and Southeast Asia. He also played a key role in supporting the integration of ESG considerations into Moody's credit ratings and research for nonfinancial corporates.

Before relocating to Singapore in 2017, Maisam spent seven years in Moody's Hong Kong office, including four years as a Rating Associate covering corporate issuers across APAC.

He joined Moody's in 2010 as part of the Regional Product Strategy team, supporting the firm’s research and data businesses as well as 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.

Jing Li is an AVP-Mgr with Moody's Sustainable Finance Assessments team, based in Singapore. She has produced Second Party Opinions for green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked frameworks for clients across various sectors, including financial services, real estate and energy. She has also supported the development of supplementary opinions for Moody’s SPOs on regional taxonomies and standards, such as the Singapore-Asia Taxonomy, Australian Taxonomy and Hong Kong Taxonomy.

Prior to joining the Sustainable Finance team, Jing Li was with the Sovereign Risk Group, where she supported the coverage of credit ratings of a portfolio of sovereigns, multilateral development banks and sub-sovereign entities in Asia Pacific. Before joining Moody's, Jing Li worked at an infrastructure indices provider, where she led a team of analysts covering infrastructure projects and markets across Europe and Asia Pacific. She also has prior experience in audit and accounting, covering firms in several sectors including energy, real estate and technology.

Jing Li holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting and Finance) from the University of Queensland and is a CPA.