Ian is an Associate Managing Director within the Structured Finance Group with primary responsibilities of managing the team in charge of monitoring Corporate Securitization transactions which include CLOs, ABS SMEs, ABCP, Repacks and CMBS.

Ian joined Moody’s in August 2001 and was lead analyst on rating various types of CDOs and Consumer ABS structures until April 2013 when he moved to his current role.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Ian worked at CDC Marches (now Natixis) as a Risk/Result Analyst.

Ian holds a Master’s Degree in Structured Finance from Université de Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) and a Global Executive MBA from TRIUM (HEC Paris / NYU Stern / LSE).

Mr. Watson is a member of the Primary CLO business at JP Morgan, focused on deal strategy and management for Europe, and has almost twenty years of structured finance experience in both structuring and trading contexts. Before joining JP Morgan, Mr. Watson was with the Financial Analytics & Structured Transactions team at Bear Stearns in New York working on the RMBS trading desk, then the CLO and ABS CDO structuring desks, before moving to London in a similar capacity in early 2008. Upon JP Morgan’s acquisition of Bear Stearns in that year, Mr Watson initially worked as a desk analyst on the European CLO trading desk, and was seconded temporarily to JPM’s New York office to help re-launch the US CLO business in 2010. Following that, he returned to London to trade European ABS CDOs. He then transitioned back to the European Primary CLO business when the European CLO market re-opened in 2013.

Mr. Watson has a BA magna cum laude from Cornell University, and an MBA with honours in finance, accounting, and economics from the University of Chicago.

Carlos Castro, Director in the Content Solution Structured Finance team, has worked for Moody’s for the past 11 years from MA’s London office. He managed a number of CSS (previous known as SAV) client relationships in Europe, where he has and continues to provide custom implementation services, client support, analysis and advice across all structured finance asset classes. He also has extensive experience developing cash flow models for structured finance transactions of all asset classes, with significant focus on EMEA RMBS and ABS. Mr Castro has spearheaded our ongoing efforts to improve data accuracy and completeness for EMEA securitizations. Prior to joining Moody’s, Mr. Castro was an ABS credit analyst at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and a rating analyst at Fitch Ratings focusing in the monitoring of the Consumer ABS European transactions.  Carlos holds an Economics degree from the Nova School of Business and Economics (Lisbon).

Alex joined Moody’s in September 2021 as a Director in the Structure Finance team. Before that he worked at StormHarbour Securities, focusing on both private and public Structured Credit Sales. He was previously at Investec Bank, which took over Evolution Securities where he was Head of ABS Sales & Trading. Prior to that, Alex was Head of ABS Trading at Societe Generale from 2005 to 2009. He started his career in 2001 at WestLB, where he was a Structured Credit Trader. Alex holds an MSc in Accounting & Finance from the London School of Economics and a BA(Econ) in Economic Studies & Finance from The University of Manchester.

Michelle is co-portfolio manager within the structured credit team at Investec Bank Limited with a particular focus on CLOs. Michelle joined Investec Bank in 2003 and has covered various aspects of the structured credit market from both structuring to investing. She entered banking after completing her accounting articles at PwC in the Financial Services sector.

Max is an Associate Director in the Structured Finance division at Moody’s based in Frankfurt. He focuses on solutions for the Structured Finance Investor business and particularly the CLO market.

Prior to this he worked at KPMG focused on valuation of financial derivatives. Max holds a Master’s degree in engineering management from Darmstadt University of Technology.