Marie Elvesol Associate Managing Director - Global Head of Investor Management and Outreach Moody's Ratings

Marie Elvesol is the global Head of Investor Management and Outreach within Ratings & Research. Marie leads teams of professionals focused on investor outreach and deepening our relationships with senior investors around the world. Marie drives strategic alignment and collaboration with Ratings & Research Teams with the goal of nurturing and growing our strategic investor relationships, diversifying our sphere of influence and expanding our investor footprint and market voice. 

Marie joined Moody’s Ratings Commercial in 2016 as country manager for Sweden and was instrumental in setting up our office in Stockholm, Sweden. Combined with her Country Manager role, she previously served as Sub Regional Head for the Nordics in the EMEA Relationship Management team and has held leadership positions with Nasdaq and Nordic banks with experience from working closely with issuers and capital market stakeholders through her roles during her career. As a seasoned manager, Marie has proven experience in leading diverse teams and working with multiple stakeholders in global organisations.

Marie has been an ambassador in CSR initiatives and was a member in Moody’s FinTech and Innovation Programme with Cornell University. Marie holds an Executive MBA in Management, Strategy and Finance.

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.

Arvid Lindqvist Portfolio Manager / Head of Research Catella

• Head of Analysis, Catella Property Fund Investment 2022–
• Head of Analysis at Catella Corporate Finance 2015–2022. Responsible for macroeconomic analysis on the Swedish real estate market.
• Chief economist at Newsec during 2012–2014
• Various positions at Stångåstaden and Newsec 2005–2012.

Michael Johansson Real Estate Research Arctic Securities

Responsible for research coverage of 20+ real estate companies on the credit side as well as a number of real estate companies on the equity side.

Erik Thedéen Governor Riksbank

EMPLOYMENT

2015-2022 Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority), Director General

2015-2015 KPA Pension, CEO

2010-2014 Ministry of Finance, State Secretary. Responsible for management of state-owned

companies, municipal legislation and finances and the AP pension funds.

2008-2010 Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Stock Exchange, CEO

2007-2008 OMX/Nasdaq OMX, head of interest-bearing products

2005-2007 Brummer & Partners, Fonden Nektar, investment strategist

2003-2005 Swedish National Debt Office, Deputy Director General

1997-2003 Swedish National Debt Office, head of borrowing and head of debt management

1991-1997 JP Bank, interest rate analyst and deputy head of fixed-income trading

1990-1992 Sveriges Riksbank, trader domestic operations and analyst

EDUCATION

1985-1989 Stockholm School of Economics, degree in Economics and Business Administration

1982-1985 Naval academy, reserve officer, operations officer patrol boat

1979-1982 S:t Jacobi Upper Secondary School, Sciences programme

OTHER ROLES

Deputy chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA

Chair of IOSCO’s Sustainable Finance Task Force

Chair of the Nordic/Baltic macroprudential policy forum

Board member Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems

Member of KOMET, the Committee for Technological Innovation and Ethics

Fellow of the Royal Society of Naval Sciences

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Married to Susanne Thedéen, three adult children, lives in Mälarhöjden area of Stockhol

Henrik Braconier Executive Director of Banking Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

Henrik Braconier is Executive Director of Banking at Finansinspektionen (FSA) since 2023. For the past nine years before, Mr Braconier has served as Finansinspektionen’s chief economist.

Prior to joining the FSA, Mr Braconier worked as a Senior Economist in the Economics Department at the OECD between 2009 and 2014. Mr Braconier has held different positions in the Swedish government, including being Director and Head of Forecasting at the Swedish Ministry of Finance between 2004 and 2009.

Prior to joining the Swedish government he held various academic positions in Stockholm, Milan and Lund.

Mr Braconier holds a PhD in Economics from Lund University, where he also conducted most of his undergraduate studies.

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.

Henrik Braconier Executive Director of Banking Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

Henrik Braconier is Executive Director of Banking at Finansinspektionen (FSA) since 2023. For the past nine years before, Mr Braconier has served as Finansinspektionen’s chief economist.

Prior to joining the FSA, Mr Braconier worked as a Senior Economist in the Economics Department at the OECD between 2009 and 2014. Mr Braconier has held different positions in the Swedish government, including being Director and Head of Forecasting at the Swedish Ministry of Finance between 2004 and 2009.

Prior to joining the Swedish government he held various academic positions in Stockholm, Milan and Lund.

Mr Braconier holds a PhD in Economics from Lund University, where he also conducted most of his undergraduate studies.

Niclas Boheman Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Niclas Boheman, based in Stockholm, is Moody’s lead analyst on a number of financial institutions in the Nordics and Baltics. He also focuses on innovation and digitalisation trends in financial services in Europe. 

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2016, Mr Boheman was a credit analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm. Mr Boheman holds a Degree of Master of Science (One Year) in International Economics from the School of Economics and Management, Lund University.

Niklas Wykman Deputy Minister for Finance, Ministry of Finance Government of Sweden

Party

Moderate Party

Areas of responsibility

• Financial markets
• Property issues
• Gambling issues

Personal

Niklas Wykman, born in 1981. He lives in Solna.

Educational background

• Postgraduate studies in economics (not completed), Örebro University 2013–
• Master of Science in Economics, Örebro University 2011–2013
• Studies in economics, mathematics and mathematical statistics, Stockholm University 2002–2012
• Natural sciences programme with social sciences, Jenny Nyströmsskolan 1997–2000

Positions and assignments

• Minister for Financial Markets 2022–
• Member of the Riksdag 2014–2022
• Political Adviser, Ministry of Finance 2010–2014
• Chair, Moderate Youth 2006–2010
• Political Secretary, Upplands Väsby Municipality 2001–2002

Kristoffer Ståhlbröst Managing Director Alvarez and Marsal

Kristoffer Ståhlbröst is a Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal and leads the Restructuring team in the Nordics.

Prior to joining A&M Kristoffer was a Partner and Nordic Leader for Corporate Finance (M&A, Restructuring, Valuation) at EY. Kristoffer also has more than 12 years of investment banking experience working in Restructuring, Leveraged Finance, Corporate Finance and Credit at various investment banks across Europe. Most recently he was responsible for Corporate Restructurings in the Nordics at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Kristoffer has for 20 years advised stakeholders and led some of the largest and media attended stressed and distressed public and private transactions across Europe such as e.g. Nynäs AB (SE), Eniro (SE), SAS (SE), Stockmann (FI), Talviavaara (FI), Componenta (FI), Archer (NO), Norske Skog (NO), Norwegian (NO), Clipper (DK), Vestas (DK), Recticel (BE), Multi Cooperation (NL), Royal Imtech (NL), Mikron (NL), Swisslog (CH), Ascom (CH), Seat Pagine Gialle (IT), Alitalia (IT), and Celsa (ES).

Kristoffer specialises in advising creditors, shareholders, management teams and new investors in financially challenging situations to preserve value and maximise recoveries or returns. He has been involved with a wide range of sectors including airlines, automotives, building materials, businesses services, construction, entertainment, forestry, infrastructure, manufacturing, media, metals and mining, oil & gas, real estate, retail, renewable energy, shipping, technology, and telecom. Kristoffer has the technical skills and commercial acumen required to develop and negotiate creative solutions in complex multi-stakeholder transactions.

Kristoffer holds a MSc in Business Administration with a major in Corporate Finance and a BSc in Economics with a major in Financial Economics. A Swedish national he has also lived in France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, and the UK and speaks Scandinavian languages, English, and French.

Garrett Fellows Distressed Credit Analyst J.H. Lane Partners

Distressed Credit & Special Situations, Re-Org Equities, High Yield, Leveraged Loans.

Johan Häger Partner - Finance & Restructuring Roschier

Johan Häger is a Stockholm-based Partner and Head of the firm’s Finance & Restructuring practice. He is specialized in international finance transactions, including syndicated loans, leveraged finance, high yield and investment grade bonds as well as asset backed financings and structured finance. In addition to banking and debt capital markets, Johan has extensive experience in matters related to financial restructuring and pre-insolvency workouts acting for lenders as well as borrowers.

Recognitions:

Johan is ranked Band 1 within banking & finance, restructuring/insolvency and capital markets: debt by Chambers Europe and Chambers Global. He is also recognized as one of the leading experts in Sweden in his field by other international publications such as The Legal 500, IFLR1000 and Who’s Who Legal.

Sandra Veseli Managing Director, Head of EU and Country Manager Germany Moody's Ratings

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.

Lisa Gundy Vice President – Senior Officer Legal Review, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Lisa Gundy is a Vice President in the Covenant Office at Moody’s in London, leading the covenant analysis coverage across EMEA. She joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing over 10 years of financial services experience.Prior to joining Moody’s, Lisa worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, having started her career at Deloitte & Touche.Lisa holds a BA (Hons) in History from Manchester University and is a practicing lawyer.

Marie Elvesol Associate Managing Director - Global Head of Investor Management and Outreach Moody's Ratings

Marie Elvesol is the global Head of Investor Management and Outreach within Ratings & Research. Marie leads teams of professionals focused on investor outreach and deepening our relationships with senior investors around the world. Marie drives strategic alignment and collaboration with Ratings & Research Teams with the goal of nurturing and growing our strategic investor relationships, diversifying our sphere of influence and expanding our investor footprint and market voice. 

Marie joined Moody’s Ratings Commercial in 2016 as country manager for Sweden and was instrumental in setting up our office in Stockholm, Sweden. Combined with her Country Manager role, she previously served as Sub Regional Head for the Nordics in the EMEA Relationship Management team and has held leadership positions with Nasdaq and Nordic banks with experience from working closely with issuers and capital market stakeholders through her roles during her career. As a seasoned manager, Marie has proven experience in leading diverse teams and working with multiple stakeholders in global organisations.

Marie has been an ambassador in CSR initiatives and was a member in Moody’s FinTech and Innovation Programme with Cornell University. Marie holds an Executive MBA in Management, Strategy and Finance.

Niklas Wykman Deputy Minister for Finance, Ministry of Finance Government of Sweden

Party

Moderate Party

Areas of responsibility

• Financial markets
• Property issues
• Gambling issues

Personal

Niklas Wykman, born in 1981. He lives in Solna.

Educational background

• Postgraduate studies in economics (not completed), Örebro University 2013–
• Master of Science in Economics, Örebro University 2011–2013
• Studies in economics, mathematics and mathematical statistics, Stockholm University 2002–2012
• Natural sciences programme with social sciences, Jenny Nyströmsskolan 1997–2000

Positions and assignments

• Minister for Financial Markets 2022–
• Member of the Riksdag 2014–2022
• Political Adviser, Ministry of Finance 2010–2014
• Chair, Moderate Youth 2006–2010
• Political Secretary, Upplands Väsby Municipality 2001–2002

Kristoffer Ståhlbröst Managing Director Alvarez and Marsal

Kristoffer Ståhlbröst is a Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal and leads the Restructuring team in the Nordics.

Prior to joining A&M Kristoffer was a Partner and Nordic Leader for Corporate Finance (M&A, Restructuring, Valuation) at EY. Kristoffer also has more than 12 years of investment banking experience working in Restructuring, Leveraged Finance, Corporate Finance and Credit at various investment banks across Europe. Most recently he was responsible for Corporate Restructurings in the Nordics at the Royal Bank of Scotland. Kristoffer has for 20 years advised stakeholders and led some of the largest and media attended stressed and distressed public and private transactions across Europe such as e.g. Nynäs AB (SE), Eniro (SE), SAS (SE), Stockmann (FI), Talviavaara (FI), Componenta (FI), Archer (NO), Norske Skog (NO), Norwegian (NO), Clipper (DK), Vestas (DK), Recticel (BE), Multi Cooperation (NL), Royal Imtech (NL), Mikron (NL), Swisslog (CH), Ascom (CH), Seat Pagine Gialle (IT), Alitalia (IT), and Celsa (ES).

Kristoffer specialises in advising creditors, shareholders, management teams and new investors in financially challenging situations to preserve value and maximise recoveries or returns. He has been involved with a wide range of sectors including airlines, automotives, building materials, businesses services, construction, entertainment, forestry, infrastructure, manufacturing, media, metals and mining, oil & gas, real estate, retail, renewable energy, shipping, technology, and telecom. Kristoffer has the technical skills and commercial acumen required to develop and negotiate creative solutions in complex multi-stakeholder transactions.

Kristoffer holds a MSc in Business Administration with a major in Corporate Finance and a BSc in Economics with a major in Financial Economics. A Swedish national he has also lived in France, Germany, Greece, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, and the UK and speaks Scandinavian languages, English, and French.

Michael Johansson Real Estate Research Arctic Securities

Responsible for research coverage of 20+ real estate companies on the credit side as well as a number of real estate companies on the equity side.

Garrett Fellows Distressed Credit Analyst J.H. Lane Partners

Distressed Credit & Special Situations, Re-Org Equities, High Yield, Leveraged Loans.

Johan Häger Partner - Finance & Restructuring Roschier

Johan Häger is a Stockholm-based Partner and Head of the firm’s Finance & Restructuring practice. He is specialized in international finance transactions, including syndicated loans, leveraged finance, high yield and investment grade bonds as well as asset backed financings and structured finance. In addition to banking and debt capital markets, Johan has extensive experience in matters related to financial restructuring and pre-insolvency workouts acting for lenders as well as borrowers.

Recognitions:

Johan is ranked Band 1 within banking & finance, restructuring/insolvency and capital markets: debt by Chambers Europe and Chambers Global. He is also recognized as one of the leading experts in Sweden in his field by other international publications such as The Legal 500, IFLR1000 and Who’s Who Legal.

Erik Thedéen Governor Riksbank

EMPLOYMENT

2015-2022 Finansinspektionen (the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority), Director General

2015-2015 KPA Pension, CEO

2010-2014 Ministry of Finance, State Secretary. Responsible for management of state-owned

companies, municipal legislation and finances and the AP pension funds.

2008-2010 Nasdaq OMX Stockholm Stock Exchange, CEO

2007-2008 OMX/Nasdaq OMX, head of interest-bearing products

2005-2007 Brummer & Partners, Fonden Nektar, investment strategist

2003-2005 Swedish National Debt Office, Deputy Director General

1997-2003 Swedish National Debt Office, head of borrowing and head of debt management

1991-1997 JP Bank, interest rate analyst and deputy head of fixed-income trading

1990-1992 Sveriges Riksbank, trader domestic operations and analyst

EDUCATION

1985-1989 Stockholm School of Economics, degree in Economics and Business Administration

1982-1985 Naval academy, reserve officer, operations officer patrol boat

1979-1982 S:t Jacobi Upper Secondary School, Sciences programme

OTHER ROLES

Deputy chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority, ESMA

Chair of IOSCO’s Sustainable Finance Task Force

Chair of the Nordic/Baltic macroprudential policy forum

Board member Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems

Member of KOMET, the Committee for Technological Innovation and Ethics

Fellow of the Royal Society of Naval Sciences

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Married to Susanne Thedéen, three adult children, lives in Mälarhöjden area of Stockhol

Henrik Braconier Executive Director of Banking Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

Henrik Braconier is Executive Director of Banking at Finansinspektionen (FSA) since 2023. For the past nine years before, Mr Braconier has served as Finansinspektionen’s chief economist.

Prior to joining the FSA, Mr Braconier worked as a Senior Economist in the Economics Department at the OECD between 2009 and 2014. Mr Braconier has held different positions in the Swedish government, including being Director and Head of Forecasting at the Swedish Ministry of Finance between 2004 and 2009.

Prior to joining the Swedish government he held various academic positions in Stockholm, Milan and Lund.

Mr Braconier holds a PhD in Economics from Lund University, where he also conducted most of his undergraduate studies.

Arvid Lindqvist Portfolio Manager / Head of Research Catella

• Head of Analysis, Catella Property Fund Investment 2022–
• Head of Analysis at Catella Corporate Finance 2015–2022. Responsible for macroeconomic analysis on the Swedish real estate market.
• Chief economist at Newsec during 2012–2014
• Various positions at Stångåstaden and Newsec 2005–2012.

Sarah Carlson Senior Vice President, Sovereign Risk Moody's Ratings

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.

Lisa Gundy Vice President – Senior Officer Legal Review, Corporate Finance Moody's Ratings

Lisa Gundy is a Vice President in the Covenant Office at Moody’s in London, leading the covenant analysis coverage across EMEA. She joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing over 10 years of financial services experience.Prior to joining Moody’s, Lisa worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse, having started her career at Deloitte & Touche.Lisa holds a BA (Hons) in History from Manchester University and is a practicing lawyer.

Sandra Veseli Managing Director, Head of EU and Country Manager Germany Moody's Ratings

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.

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.

Niclas Boheman Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Niclas Boheman, based in Stockholm, is Moody’s lead analyst on a number of financial institutions in the Nordics and Baltics. He also focuses on innovation and digitalisation trends in financial services in Europe. 

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2016, Mr Boheman was a credit analyst in the Financial Institutions Group at Svenska Handelsbanken, Stockholm. Mr Boheman holds a Degree of Master of Science (One Year) in International Economics from the School of Economics and Management, Lund University.