Lenny Ajzenman is an Associate Managing Director with Moody’s Ratings, and co-heads the Technology, Media and Telecom Team within U.S. Corporate Finance. Prior to his current position, Lenny chaired rating committees for companies across a variety of industry sectors and covered a portfolio of investment and speculative grade business and consumer services companies. Lenny was instrumental in the development and rollout of Moody’s Probability of Default Ratings and Loss Given Default Assessments for speculative grade issuers and has published frequently on leveraged finance topics.

Prior to joining Moody’s in June 2004, Lenny was Vice President and Controller at MacAndrews & Forbes Group Inc. In addition, Lenny was a manager in the mergers and acquisitions and audit departments of Deloitte & Touche. Lenny holds a BBA from Baruch College and an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business.

Ernesto Bisagno is a Vice President – Sr Credit Officer in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Ernesto is the EMEA tobacco analyst and also covers the EMEA food, consumer goods and retail sectors.

Ernesto joined Moody’s in June 2014 with an extensive professional experience in risk management and credit analysis in several leading financial institutions in the UK and Italy, most recently with Citigroup and UBS where he covered energy, metals, mining and chemicals across Western Europe and the UK.

Ernesto was also a senior auditor with PWC earlier in his career. Ernesto holds an Economics degree from Università degli Studi di Genova and is also a CFA Charter Holder.

Neil Mack is a Vice President on Moody’s Telecommunications/Media Team covering a portfolio of investment grade and high yield telecommunications companies. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2017 he held various positions in fixed income asset management, including at Citigroup Asset Management, Bear Stearns, AllianceBernstein and PartnerRe Asset Management. Neil is a CFA charter holder and a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. He received his MBA in Finance from Columbia University and BA in English from Fordham University.

Sean Cray is a Vice President - Senior Analyst on the Technology, Media & Technology team within the US Corporate Finance Group. Sean covers a diverse portfolio of issuers across the software, digital infrastructure, and telecom sectors. He is also part of Moody’s North America data centers working group. Prior to joining the TMT team in 2024, Sean covered investment grade and speculative grade issuers throughout the business and consumer services, gaming, and consumer products industries. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2008, Sean worked as a financial analyst at AIG.

Sean holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Rutgers University.

Emile El Nems is a Senior Vice President on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team covering a portfolio of investment grade and high yield issuers in a number of verticals, including social media, diversified telecommunication service providers, media, entertainment and interactive media services.

Prior to his work on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications Team, Emile covered issuers on the Homebuilding, Building Materials and Packaging Team. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2019 as a VP-Lead Analyst, Emile was a portfolio manager at a large US hedge fund for five years and a managing director responsible for a Technology, Media and Telecommunications portfolio at a European hedge fund for seven years.

Before his asset management experience, Emile was a principal in the Investment Banking Group at Thomas Weisel Partners and a team leader in the Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities covering global wireline and wireless telecommunications, cable, and media companies. Emile received his MBA in finance from Columbia University and BS in Chemical Engineering from Stevens.