Join us for this panel discussion where we'll delve into how Moody’s RMS models enable you to manage risk associated with significant climate events like Hurricane Milton. We will share insights from Milton, including the evaluation of damage to CRE properties informed by real-world engineering assessments and on-the-ground reconnaissance. Our experts will highlight how these events could impact real estate portfolios, focusing on proactive risk management strategies and how to make informed lending decisions in the face of increasing climate risks.
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SpeakersAshwin Agarwal CEO, Co-Founder Advocate Technologies
Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme Associate Director - CRE Moody’s
Kathleen Dufraine Managing Director, Flood & Insurance Operations Chase
Antonios Kastanas Senior Director - Banking Moody's
Becky Leeper Senior Director - Strategy & Innovation Moody's
Firas Saleh, Ph.D Director of Product Management Moody's
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Ashwin Agarwal is the CEO and co-founder of Advocate Technologies. Advocate is a modern insurance compliance platform for CRE loan servicers and originators. Advocate’s platform utilizes Software and AI to improve the speed and accuracy of the borrower insurance compliance process. Prior to founding Advocate, Ashwin was a Principal at Elysium, a multi-billion dollar private equity fund, leading insurance investments. Prior to that Ashwin worked in the M&A investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in New York.
Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme is an Associate Director at Moody’s on the Commercial Real Estate team, where she does research and market engagement focused on climate change. Natalie joined Moody’s through the acquisition of Four Twenty Seven, a leading provider of data on physical climate risk. At Four Twenty Seven she led editorial strategy and communications. Previously, Natalie helped develop an assessment of U.S. cities’ vulnerabilities to climate change and their readiness to adapt, at the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN). She currently serves on the Urban Land Institute’s Pacific Northwest ESG Council, the International WELL Building Institute Investing for Health Advisory Council and the University of Notre Dame's Accountancy Department Advisory Board. Natalie holds a B.S. in Environmental Science and a Certificate in Journalism, Ethics, and Democracy from the University of Notre Dame and a Certificate in Climate and Investing from the CFA UK.
Kathleen Dufraine is the Managing Director of the Insurance Center of Excellence and Head of the Corporate Flood Program at JPMorgan Chase. With over 35 years of experience as a credentialed and licensed insurance professional, Kathleen leverages her extensive expertise to build high-performing teams, ensure compliance, transform business processes, and provide consultative insurance support to lending and servicing leaders.
A recognized industry leader, Kathleen is a passionate advocate for reforming the Flood Disaster Protection Act and frequently speaks on this critical topic. Her past achievements include collaborating with the Mortgage Bankers Association to lobby Congress for the creation of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), developing the ACORD 28 Property Certificate, and co-authoring influential whitepapers such as “Blanket Insurance” and “Due Diligence for Force Placed Insurance.” More recently, she contributed to the first edition of the ABA’s Reference Guide to Flood Compliance.
Outside of her professional endeavors, Kathleen enjoys spending quality time with her family, attending concerts, and traveling.
Antonios is a Senior Director in the Banking strategy group focusing on market development for climate and ESG solutions for banks. Previously with the Moody’s EMEA advisory team, he has led engagements on IFRS9 provisioning, portfolio modelling, stress testing and strategic capital and liquidity planning among others.
Prior to joining Moody’s he was helping financial institutions improve and develop their risk and capital management capabilities as part of the Financial Services advisory practice of a Big 4 firm in the UK, after a number of years in credit and analytics leadership roles in banking.
Antonios holds a Masters in Economics and Finance with focus in Econometrics from Warwick Business School.
Becky Leeper is a Senior Director Strategy & Innovation for Climate at Moody’s, working with insurance and financial services organizations on deploying catastrophe models to understand climate and climate change risk. At Moody's RMS she leads client and partnership work to maximize opportunities for our climate models and data. This includes promoting the use of Moody’s RMS models, analytics, and data across a variety of climate use cases within banking, CRE, investment management, corporates, and governments. By clearly understanding the impact from climate change, these organizations can report, manage, and respond when a large event such as a flood, wildfire, earthquake, or hurricane happens.
Prior to RMS, Becky spent more than a decade partnering with financial firms in the use of models for valuation and risk management within fixed income. Becky holds a BS in computer science from Duke University.
Dr. Firas Saleh oversees the Moody’s RMS™ U.S. Inland Flood HD Model and works closely with clients and across functional teams to define and execute the vision, strategy, and road map for flood products. He has coauthored more than 30 publications on flood and climate risk in peer-reviewed articles, in conference proceedings, and as book chapters. Firas holds a Ph.D. in Geosciences and Natural Resources from the University of Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris VI (Sorbonne University), France. He has strong professional track record in the U.S. Federal Government, industry, and academia. During his academic tenure at different institutes around the world, including the Paris School of Mines (Mines Paris-Tech), New Jersey Institute of Technology, and Stevens Institute of Technology, his research was focused on implementing quantitative forward-looking analytics to assess climate and weather-related physical risk and impacts on critical infrastructure resilience. He also served as a Senior Commercial Specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and Amman, the U.S. Commercial Service, and the U.S. Department of State. He is the recipient of the U.S. Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award for his distinguished federal service in fostering collaboration between government and Industry in relation to water and construction.