Moody's Capital Markets Reception
We are pleased to invite you to an exclusive Capital Markets reception, bringing together a selected group of capital markets participants from across the industry. The event will take place on Thursday, 3 September 2026, from 17:00 on the rooftop at the Sofitel Frankfurt.
The evening will open with brief market remarks from the Head of EMEA Regional Management, Sandra Veseli, setting the scene for recent developments in global credit markets amid heightened geopolitical tensions and ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty.
The remainder of the evening will be dedicated to an informal networking reception, offering the opportunity to exchange views and engage directly with senior leadership and senior analytical representatives across Corporates, Leveraged Finance, Infrastructure and Utilities, Financial Institutions, Structured Finance and Sovereigns.
We look forward to welcoming you for an evening of insights, discussion, and networking with senior decision‑makers and analytical leadership from across our franchise.
Agenda
- Opening remarks and introduction to Moody’s Frankfurt (Sandra Veseli)
- Macroeconomic and geopolitical outlook, focusing on Germany’s position within Europe and implications for credit markets (Heiko Peters)
- Defense sector: credit implications of rising geopolitical tensions and increased public spending (Sven Reinke)
- Evening reception and networking
Speakers
Sandra Veseli
Managing Director, Co-Head of EMEA Regional Management and Head of the EU
Moody's Ratings
Sven Reinke
Managing Director, Corporate Finance
Moody’s Ratings
Iván Palacios
Managing Director, Corporate Finance Group
Moody's Ratings
Thorsten Klotz
Managing Director, Structured Finance
Moody's Ratings
Venue
Rooftop Sofitel Frankfurt Opera
60313 Frankfurt Am Main
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Sandra Veseli is a Managing Director and Head of the EU for Moody’s Ratings, currently based in Frankfurt. She is also the Country Manager for Germany. Sandra is responsible for coordinating the strategic, operational and business engagement with internal and external stakeholders across the region.
Before joining the regional management team, Sandra was a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Group in London, leading the UK corporate and the global leveraged finance franchise.
Sandra joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing 20 years of banking experience. Prior to Moody’s, Sandra worked at Credit Suisse, where she was the Head of Rating Advisory for EMEA since 2010, after holding senior positions in the rating advisory teams at Morgan Stanley and Citi.
Sandra began her career at Dresdner Bank in Germany.
Sandra holds a Diploma from the Frankfurt Business School of Finance & Management.
Sven Reinke is a Managing Director in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Sven is responsible for a team on London-based Lead Analysts covering Commodities, TMT and Business and Consumer Services sectors. Sven joined Moody’s in the autumn of 2013 with 12 years’ experience in a number of different corporate credit roles. During his first nine years at Moody’s, Sven was a Lead Analyst covering a number of different corporate sectors.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Sven spent six years as a Senior Corporate Credit Officer at UBS Investment Bank in London responsible for the credit risk management of a portfolio of corporates in different industries. Before joining UBS, Sven was the Lead Credit Analyst for Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi’s German and Benelux blue chip counterparties. At the start of his career, Sven spent four years as a Credit Analyst at Deutsche Bank’s German mid-cap credit risk department.
Sven has a Masters Degree in Economics with focus on finance and banking from The Berlin School of Economics and Law. Sven also passed all levels of the CFA Program.
| Iván Palacios is an Associate Managing Director within Moody’s Corporate Finance Group and he has responsibility for a team of analysts in Madrid and Milan covering the TMT, consumer goods, food and beverage sectors in the EMEA region. Iván joined Moody’s in 2002 and he has worked in Madrid and Singapore. Prior to joining Moody’s, Iván worked for Goldman Sachs in London. Iván has a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros in Madrid. |
Thorsten Klotz heads a team of Moody’s primary analysts in the EMEA region mainly reviewing Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs)(including Balance Sheet CLOs), granular ABS SME transactions and Asset Backed Commercial Paper(ABCP).Thorsten Klotz has been lead analyst on various transactions, including CDOs of ABS, Leveraged Loan CLOs and German SME loan securitisations.Before joining Moody’s in 2002, Thorsten Klotz was a Senior Derivatives Structurer at CDC IXIS Capital Markets where he was responsible for the development and pricing of interest rate and inflation linked structures. Prior to this role, he was working as a trader for callable bonds and equity linked structures at DZ BANK(former DG BANK).Thorsten Klotz holds a degree in managerial economics (University of Passau) withmain options in insurance & risk theory, finance and statistics.