Lana Deharveng is a Vice President-Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Structured Finance Group and performs legal and credit risk analysis for US primary CLO transactions and structured notes. Prior to joining Moody’s, Lana was assistant general counsel at a residential mortgage analytics firm. Prior to that, she practiced law at Thacher Proffit & Wood LLP in the firm’s structured finance group and at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in its corporate and securities group. 

Lana holds a B.A. from Columbia University, Barnard College, and a J.D. from Tulane Law School. Lana is a member of both the New York and New Jersey Bars.

Beka Bakuradze is an Assistant Vice President in Moody’s Structured Finance team in Frankfurt. Beka joined Moody’s in 2014. He is the lead analyst primarily responsible for the ratings of European Leveraged Loan CLOs. He has also worked as a lead analyst on granular ABS SME transactions and Asset Backed Commercial Paper (ABCP).

Beka holds a MSc in International Economics and Finance from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg and MA in Economics from the International School of Economics (ISET) at Tbilisi State University.

Peter McNally is a Vice President in the Structured Finance Group at Moody’s Ratings. Since joining Moody’s in November 2000, Peter has held a variety of roles covering research for asset-backed and residential mortgage-backed securities. In addition to his research responsibilities, Peter also works as a ratings analyst covering new collateralized loan obligation transactions.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Peter performed education research at the American Institutes for Research in Washington, D.C. Peter holds a Master of Public Administration from the NYU Wagner Graduate School for Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Rochester.

John Puchalla is an Executive Director in the New York office of Moody’s Ratings. He is responsible for the Consumer Products & Gaming team within Moody's US Corporate Finance Group. Prior to his current assignment, John managed Moody’s High Yield Team. Previously, John was as a full-time Rating Committee Chair, managed the Credit Estimates team and led research on defaults and liquidity. John has covered a variety of corporate sectors at Moody’s including consumer products, media and entertainment, broadcasting and cable, publishers and amusement parks. John originally joined Moody’s in 1997 as a member of the Economics Analysis group evaluating trends in global corporate credit quality and credit markets until transferring to the Corporate Finance Group in 2002. Prior to joining Moody’s, John held various positions at Nasdaq and MNC Financial. John holds a M.B.A. in finance, economics and international business from New York University, a B.S. in finance from Penn State University, and is a CFA charter holder

Al Remeza is an Executive Director and Head of the CLO and Structured Credit new rating team with Moody's Ratings. He is also the managing editor for Moody’s CLO Interest newsletter.

Prior to joining Moody’s, he was a Senior Consultant at one of Mercer’s financial advisory consulting groups. His clients were financial institutions such as major investment banks, reinsurance, and insurance companies, energy and commodities trading firms, quasi-government agencies, and numerous other Fortune 500 firms.

His other experiences include working for Credit Suisse First Boston and Alliance Capital. He earned an MA in Economics, a BS in Economics, and a BS in Engineering and did his doctoral work in finance while at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania