Simon Ainsworth Associate Managing Director, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Simon Ainsworth, who is based in London, is an Associate Managing Director responsible for the analytical teams maintaining ratings on Nordic and Baltic banks and on a range of European insurance companies.

Simon previously served as a Group Credit Officer. In that role he carried responsibility for monitoring ratings quality as well as assisting in the development and implementation of rating methodologies and practices applied to rated financial institutions within the EMEA region.

Simon joined Moody’s in March 2014 following sixteen years at the Bank of England.

At the Bank, he worked in a variety of roles primarily in its financial markets and banking operation divisions; as well as working on a variety of financial risk and crisis related issues. This included the resolution of failed banks, as well as responsibility for the risk management framework applied to collateral accepted in the Bank’s sterling market operations.Simon graduated from the University of Durham in 1998, having studied Economics and Politics. He is based in London.

Carola Schuler Managing Director, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Carola Schuler is a Managing Director in the Europe, Middle East and Africa banking team, based in Frankfurt. In this capacity, she is responsible for Moody’s analytical teams that rate banks primarily in the UK, the Eurozone and Central and Eastern Europe as well as non-bank financial companies across Europe. Carola has extensive experience in credit analysis and managing credit professionals.

Furthermore, Carola plays a leading role in Moody’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration efforts. Moody’s is committed to incorporating ESG risks into its credit analysis and Carola is one of Moody’s global coordinators of ESG analytical, research and outreach initiatives for financial institutions. 

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2008, Carola was a Director at the credit risk management division of Deutsche Bank where she worked in a number of different analytical and managerial functions in Germany and abroad, covering corporate finance, leveraged finance, financial institutions and sovereign risk across Europe, including time spent in Brussels (Belgium).

Carola has a double German-French Diploma in Business Administration from Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (HTW), Saarbrücken /Germany and the University of Metz/ France.

Alessandro Roccati Senior Vice President, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Alessandro Roccati joined Moody’s in May 2012 as a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. His portfolio includes large European banks. Prior to joining Moody’s, Alessandro spent fifteen years in equity research as a senior analyst covering European banks at global investment banks: Macquarie, Man Group, Credit Lyonnais and Nikko Securities. He started his career as a credit analyst covering European banks at UniCredito. Alessandro graduated in economics from Bocconi University in Milan. 

Michael Rohr Senior Vice President, European Banks Moody's Ratings

Michael Rohr is a Senior Vice President and member of the Financial Institutions Group. Based in Frankfurt, he is responsible for Moody’s ratings for a variety of large financial institutions – including the investment banks – in Switzerland and Germany. Michael joined Moody’s in March 2012. 

Prior to his current function, Michael spent 16 years in equity research, asset management and retail banking, holding various positions at both sell-side and buy-side equity research firms and universal banking institutions focused on analyzing European banks.

Michael received a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the Akademie Norddeutscher Genossenschaften (co-operative banks university) in Northern Germany.

Edoardo Calandro Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Edoardo Calandro is a member of Moody’s EMEA Banking Team based in London, with lead responsibilities for a portfolio of banks headquartered in the UK.

Since joining Moody’s in 2008, Edoardo worked on banks’ ratings and research; prior to his current focus on UK banks, he held lead responsibilities for Italian and Turkish bank ratings.

Edoardo holds a bachelor’s degree in management and a master’s degree in finance and accounting from Bocconi University in Milan.

Effie Tsotsani Vice President - Senior Analyst, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Effie Tsotsani is a Vice President – Senior Analyst based in London and is the lead analyst for various financial institutions in the UK, Norway and Iceland.

Effie joined Moody’s in 2014 after working for eight years as an equity analyst covering the banking sector as a sell-side and buy-side analyst. Ms Tsotsani holds a Master of Science in Statistics from Athens University of Economic and Business and a Bachelor degree in Mathematics from National University of Athens.

Yasuko Nakamura Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions Moody's Ratings

Yasuko has lead responsibility over a portfolio of French, Dutch and Belgian Banks. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2011, Yasuko spent ten years at Societe Generale Asset Management (SGAM), the last seven of which as a buy side credit analyst covering financial institutions. Prior to this, she worked for seven years as a financial auditor with Ernst & Young in Paris. 

Yasuko is graduate of Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales (ESSEC) in France. Yasuko is also a CFA charterholder.