Karen joined Moody's in 2004 in its New York office, where she worked as a corporate

credit analyst for over 10 years, primarily focused on leveraged finance, before

transferring to Moody's methodology development group. In that role she lead and

contributed to the development of methodologies across ratings groups and industry

sectors and established the group's presence in Europe with her move to Frankfurt in

February 2018. She returned to CFG as an Associate Managing Director in September

2021.

Prior to Moody’s, Karen worked at a high yield brokerdealer, at National Australia

Bank Limited, and in market research for Barron’s magazine. She also participated in a

volunteer service program in Kingston, Jamaica, for one year. Karen graduated magna

cum laude from The University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in English. She is a CFA

charterholder.

John Rogers currently serves as Senior Vice President in Moody’s Ratings Corporate Finance Group. Since joining Moody’s in 1998, John has been responsible for assigning ratings to and monitoring domestic and international companies in the chemical, fertilizer and industrial gas industries. John has over 15 years experience in the chemical industry working for both petrochemical and specialty chemical companies. John also has taken the lead on providing investors with detailed research on private equity backed transactions and documenting their behavior overtime. 

Before coming to Moody’s, John worked at Cytec Industries Inc., a Fortune 500 specialty chemical company, in the areas of business development, initially focused on divesting non-core businesses and then transitioning to acquisitions to accelerate the growth of existing businesses or broaden their technology portfolios. Prior to this, John worked for American Cyanamid Company, a large US conglomerate, focusing on the restructuring of its chemicals portfolio and the divestiture of numerous businesses. John began his career as a chemical engineer working for ExxonMobil supervising plant start-ups and implementing process improvements around the world. John holds an M.B.A. in finance from New York University Stern School of Business and a B.E. in chemical engineering from Manhattan College.

Anastasija Johnson is Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Ratings Corporate Finance Group, covering a portfolio of investment-grade and speculative-grade companies in the chemical, paper and forest product industries. In her non-portfolio responsibility, Anastasija leads Moody’s paper and forest product industry outlook and research efforts. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2008, Anastasija reported on corporate and municipal bond markets for Thomson Reuters and The Bond Buyer. Anastasija holds an MBA from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a BA from the University of Latvia.

Jiming Zou is a lead analyst at Moody’s Ratings basic industries team in New York, where he covers a portfolio of investment-grade and high-yield chemical companies and construction-related companies in North America. Jiming is also an active member of Moody’s Pan-Asian Impact BRG.

Prior to joining the New York team in 2017, he worked at Moody’s offices in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Frankfurt, where he covered Chinese and European corporate debt issuers in sectors such as real estate, steel, cement, chemical, construction, semiconductor, telecom equipment and business conglomerates.

Jiming graduated with a Diplom-Kaufmann degree from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Prior to joining Moody’s, he worked in fund of hedge funds, M&A and equity capital market teams of several financial institutions in Europe. Jiming is fluent in Chinese, English and German.

Janko Lukac is a VP - Lead Analyst within Moody’s Ratings Corporate Finance Group (CFG), based in Frankfurt. He covers a portfolio of investment grade and high yield issuers along the Oil & Gas and other commodity’s value chains in EMEA and is closely involved in the development and roll out of Moody’s ESG Credit Impact Scores for Moody’s CFG franchise.

He has more than 15 years of experience in corporate and project finance and joined Moody’s in 2013. Janko used to cover issuers across different industrial sectors and also was a lead analyst in Moody’s Sub Sovereign Group responsible for local governments in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Previously he worked at Commerzbank in DCM, Crédit Agricole CIB in leverage finance and in KfW IPEX’s project finance department focussing on thermal and renewable energy.

He earned a banking degree from the German Chamber of Commerce (IHK) before graduating from University of Applied Science Mainz with a bachelor in business administration. Additionally, he did a Master in international relations at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina and at Rio de Janeiro State University, Brazil. He speaks fluently German (native), English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Chris Scott is a Vice President-Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance Group of Moody’s Ratings and is based in Frankfurt, Germany. Chris is the lead analyst for a portfolio of chemical issuers and other related sectors. Prior to his current role, Chris was a lead analyst in the Financial Institutions Group in New York and primarily covered insurance brokers. He also previously managed a team of associate analysts who covered a broad array of issuers including property & casualty insurers, life and health insurers, reinsurers and insurance brokers.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Chris was a credit analyst manager and credit risk underwriter for Allianz Trade, the credit insurance subsidiary of Allianz SE. At Allianz Chris managed a team of analysts and held broad coverage responsibilities with a focus on the retail and technology sectors. Chris holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Business & Management of Information Systems from High Point University and an MBA in finance from Loyola University Maryland.

Roberto Pozzi is a Senior Vice President in the Corporate Finance Group at Moody’s Ratings. He is responsible for corporate ratings assigned to issuers mainly in the United Kingdom and related credit research. His coverage currently spans across industries including retail, consumer goods and tobacco. Roberto has been with Moody’s since 2012. Since he joined his coverage has spanned across industries including Manufacturing, Telecom Equipment and Real Estate.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Roberto had spent the last 20 years in banking and the credit market. He was most recently a senior credit analyst at Société Générale, covering a number of sectors with a focus on Industrials. Previously, Roberto held credit analyst positions at Commerzbank Securities, Mediobanca and Credit Suisse.

Roberto graduated in 1991 from Bocconi University, Milan.

Mike Zhu is a Vice President - Senior Analyst in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. 

Based in Beijing, Mike supports the ratings and research on Chinese central and local state-owned enterprises across various industries.

Before joining Moody’s, Mike worked in the US and China and held analytical and portfolio management roles with banks. He covered corporates in a wide range of sectors, including oil and gas, healthcare, and manufacturing in the US, and his most recent role was with the credit department of Societe Generale Bank, where he focused on Chinese conglomerates.

Mike holds a BA from McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.

Carolina Chimenti is an Assistant Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group based in Brazil. She covers a diversified portfolio including steel, petrochemicals, transportation and homebuilding companies domiciled in Brazil. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2011, Carolina worked as a credit analyst at HSBC and at the American Chamber of Commerce. Carolina holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from ESPM and a Master’s in Finance from Insper.