Sally Yim is a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group. Based in Hong Kong SAR, China, Sally is the Head of APAC Financial Institutions, responsible for Moody’s analytical teams covering ratings and research on APAC banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions such as securities and leasing companies. She is also a co-head of Moody’s Global Banking and Global Insurance & Asset Management rating franchises. In addition, Sally leads the Global Financial Institutions Group’s Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) efforts.

Sally joined Moody’s in February 2005 as an Associate Analyst in New York, covering property & casualty insurers. She transferred to Hong Kong in 2006 and completed a short stint in the Corporate Finance Group, supporting analysts in the
oil & gas, petrochemical and steel sectors. Sally rejoined the Financial Institutions Group as an Analyst in January 2007. Since then, Sally has covered various Asian financial institutions, including insurance companies, banks and securities firms and subsequently, became a manager overseeing various teams covering the ratings and research of Greater China and Korean financial institutions.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Sally worked as a Senior Auditor at Ernst & Young LLP in New York, specializing in private and public insurers. She also worked at Ernst & Young’s National Professional Practice, where she focused on technical accounting research, while assisting in accounting consultations.

Sally holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Accounting from the University of Michigan. She is a CFA charterholder and also a Certified Public Accountant.

Sean Hung is a Senior Vice President with the Financial Institutions Group at Moody’s Investors Service Hong Kong Limited. Sean is covering a portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in China.

Before joining Moody’s, Sean worked in Hong Kong as an equity research analyst for Barclays Capital Asia Limited, specializing in Chinese banks and payment companies. He had also worked in credit analysis and risk management in Visa Hong Kong, specializing in settlement risk of the financial institutions in North Asia.

Sean has a BA in Financial Services from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an MSc in Financial Engineering from City University of Hong Kong. He is also a CFA and FRM.

Devang is an Assistant Vice President - Ratings in Moody’s Ratings’ Financial Institutions Group, based in Singapore. He leads credit rating and research for banks in South Asia and non-bank financial institutions in India.

Devang has 10+ years of experience in the financial services industry. Before joining Moody’s Ratings, he served as Deputy Vice President in HDFC Bank’s Credit Risk Management division in India where he focused on credit portfolio risk management and risk analytics.

In earlier roles at HDFC Bank, he managed securitization and underwriting for financial institutions. He began his career with Moody’s domestic affiliate, ICRA Limited in India, specializing in structured finance ratings.

Devang holds an MBA in Finance from the S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research(SPJIMR) and a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from VJTI Mumbai.

Ray Tay is an Executive Director and team leader for Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance team for South and South-East Asia. In this role, based in Singapore, he oversees the ratings team responsible for Moody’s extensive coverage across the project finance and infrastructure sectors, including transport infrastructure, power & utilities, and credit enhanced issuances.

Ray is also the Franchise Lead for Digital Infrastructure in the Asia Pacific region. This role sits across various rating groups and oversees our growing portfolio in this fast-moving infrastructure sector. Ray serves as a single point of contact for our analytical coverage of Data centers and other Digital Infrastructure in this region.

Ray is passionate about topics such as project bonds and the role of funding diversity and credit enhancement in bridging the infrastructure gap, particularly in emerging markets.

Before joining Moody’s in 2012, Ray was a Director with the Global Infrastructure & Projects Group in KPMG. Ray has also worked as a Senior Business Analyst with the Singapore Power Group.

Annalisa Di Chiara is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Hong Kong, Annalisa covers a portfolio of telecommunications, media and beverage companies throughout South and South East Asia. Annalisa is also a lead coordinator for Moody’s high-yield research and outreach initiatives for the Asia Pacific region.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Annalisa worked for UBS in credit related roles across debt capital markets and leveraged finance. She spent a significant portion of her career as a senior ratings advisor covering corporates across a variety of industries throughout the US, Asia and Europe. Annalisa has also worked for Credit Suisse and the Bank of New York as a Ratings Advisor and a Corporate Finance Banker. She has worked in Hong Kong for over 13 years.

Annalisa holds a double major from Brown University in Business Economics and English & American Literature.

Alka Anbarasu is an Executive Director - Ratings in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, Alka is responsible for Moody's analytical teams covering ratings and research on banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions in Japan, ASEAN and Indian Sub-continent. Alka also coordinates the Global Financial Institution Group's efforts on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring and research. Alka is a regular speaker at Moody's market briefings, external conferences podcasts and broadcast media. She is very active in promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and is a passionate impact leader for Moody's Community Impact initiatives in Asia.

Alka joined Moody's in 2013 and over the years has led the ratings of several high profile Asian financial institutions. Prior to joining Moody's, she worked in the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan in London and Mumbai and ING Vysya Bank in India. She has close to 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Alka holds an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management in India.

Ilya Serov is the Executive Director for Moody’s Structured Finance Group in Sydney, responsible for managing the new ratings team.

Prior to joining the Structured Finance Group, Ilya was a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group, covering Australian major and investment banks. He was also the lead analyst for the Australian mortgage insurance sector. Ilya joined Moody’s Financial Institutions team in 2011, and was first based in New York, and then Sydney. Previously, he worked in Moody’s Structured Finance Group in Australia, where his responsibilities included residential mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, and esoteric structures.

Before joining Moody’s in 2003, Ilya worked as an academic at a leading Australian university, researching and lecturing on corporate finance. Ilya holds Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) degrees from the University of New South Wales.

Roman Schorr is a Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Tokyo, Roman is responsible for a diverse portfolio of major Japanese corporates in the diversified manufacturing, technology, shipping, oil and gas and steel sectors.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Roman was a Director at Fitch Ratings in Tokyo, covering Japanese corporate credits, following his transfer from Fitch’s Frankfurt office. Previously, he was in corporate credit with Mizuho Bank in Dusseldorf.

Roman holds Masters degrees in Japanese Studies and Business Studies from the University of Duisburg-Essen, and in English Philology, Linguistics and Literature from Freie Universitaet Berlin. A native German speaker, Roman is fluent in English and Japanese.