Daniel Harlid Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Daniel Harlid is a Vice President - Senior Credit Officer in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in Stockholm, Sweden. He is responsible for a portfolio of investment grade and sub-investment grade companies within the European container shipping sector as well as in the logistics industry. Additionally, he covers investment grade issuers in the Nordic manufacturing sector.  Daniel joined Moody’s in 2017. Prior to this, he was a portfolio manager at Cicero Fonder managing funds with both investment grade and high yield mandates. Daniel started his career as an equity analyst for Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Colin Ellis Managing Director - Head of Centre for Credit Research Moody's Ratings

Colin Ellis is Moody’s first Global Credit Strategist, and a Managing Director in the Credit Strategy team. 

In his current role, Colin provides thought leadership for the rating agency that deepens the understanding of ratings and debt capital markets through rigorous and quantitative research. He leads Moody’s teams working on default and ratings analytics and on global financial analysis, including bank projections and stress testing. Colin is also a member of Moody’s Macroeconomic Board, which sets the global forecasts that underpin Moody’s universe of ratings.

Colin joined Moody’s in February 2012, initially leading the work of the Macroeconomic Board and authoring the quarterly Global Macro Outlook. He subsequently worked in the Financial Institutions Group, developing quantitative forward-looking analyses. For 8 years he was the Chief Credit Officer for EMEA, leading analysis and coordination of credit and ratings across all rating franchises in the region. He was also the ‘Head of UK’ for Moody's Ratings, responsible for the running of Moody’s UK operations, from 2019-2022 including the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Prior to joining Moody’s, Colin held roles at the Bank of England, Daiwa Capital Markets, the BVCA and at Birmingham University. He has published papers on a range of topics including corporate investment and pricing, credit risk, private equity, data uncertainty, stress testing, financial contagion and monetary policy. Colin holds degrees from York University, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Middlesex University. He is a Visiting Professor at Hult International Business School and LSBU, and is also a Fellow of the RSA.

Sarah Conner Assistant Vice President-Analyst Moody's Ratings

Sarah is an Analyst in Moody’s ESG group, located in London. She specializes in Carbon Transition, and has been responsible for developing Moody’s Carbon Transition Assessments and related research. In addition to this, Sarah contributes to research related to other environmental issues, such as natural capital, and to systematically and transparently incorporating ESG considerations into Moody’s ratings.

Sarah joined as an Associate Analyst on Moody’s Global Project and Infrastructure Finance Team in July 2018 in New York. She covered a diverse portfolio of project financings, public private partnerships (P3s), and municipal infrastructure issuers in the energy, transportation, and social infrastructure sectors. She holds a B.A. in Economics and French with a minor in Art History from Oberlin College. Currently, she is pursuing her masters in Environmental Economics at UCL. She spent a year studying mathematics at Université Paris-Dauphine and is fluent in French.