Sarah has been the lead analyst for most countries in the European Union, and is also a former lead analyst for the United States. She is currently the lead analyst for France and Italy, among other European countries. She is also one of the Sovereign Risk Group’s global spokespeople. 

She joined Moody’s in 2009 after completing a Sloan Fellowship at the London Business School. Prior to this academic sabbatical, she spent seven years at the Financial Services Authority in London where she headed the regulator’s Risk Analysis area and acted as its chief macroeconomist. Before joining the FSA, she worked in Dun & Bradstreet’s Economic Analysis Group for six years, where she was the organisation’s Deputy Chief Economist. 

She holds an MA in European Studies (with a concentration in Economics and Finance) from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington, DC and an AB with a double major in Government and History from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in the United States. She is a CFA Charterholder and is co-chair of the Macroeconomic Committee of the CFA Society France. She is a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States and is based in Paris.

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.

Ruosha joined Moody’s Investors Service in January 2011. She is based in London as part of the part of the Credit Strategy & Standards team, working with the EMEA Chief Credit Officer on ensuring rating consistency across different asset classes. Previously, she worked for four years as an economic research analyst at Barrie & Hibbert in Edinburgh, now part of Moody’s Analytics. Prior to that, she spent one year at HSBC in China as a credit analyst.

Ruosha earned a master’s degree in finance and investment from Edinburgh University, where she graduated with distinction, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, China. She is a certified Financial Risk Manager and CFA holder.

Patrick Hofstetter has been a lecturer in leadership and communication at the Military Academy (MILAC) at ETH Zurich since 01.01.2023, where he contributes his interdisciplinary background. After obtaining a Master of Science in Physics from the University of Bern, he taught physics and mathematics as a secondary school teacher, then studied military science at MILAC and served as a career officer in the Swiss Armed Forces in various leading functions and in leadership training.

For four years, Patrick Hofstetter contributed to the 2017 reform of the armed forces through the ‘Defence Job Profiles’ project. In parallel, he wrote his PhD at the Chair of Human Resource Management at the University of Zurich, which was awarded the Norbert Thom Foundation's Recognition Prize for Outstanding Dissertations in Public Management / Public Business Administration in 2017.

From 2020 to 2022, Patrick Hofstetter was responsible for the digitization of the University of Lucerne in the context of the Covid 19 pandemic and for the foundation of the Continuing Education Academy at the University of Lucerne. He was commander of a mountain infantry battalion and is currently posted to the Operational Training Staff / headquarters as a reserve officer (OF-5).

Nicole Burth has been CEO of Swiss Post Digital Services since January 2021. This division is about interactions between diverse stakeholders - simple, secure, digital. She previously held various management positions at the Adecco Group, most recently as CEO of the Swiss unit and as zone manager for Belgium, Luxembourg and Austria. 

In addition to her leadership and management experience, she has a strong track record in partnerships, mergers and acquisitions, and business development and expansion. Nicole Burth holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Zurich and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.