Mark Hopkins is a senior director at Moody’s with responsibilities for international macroeconomic research and global forecasting, including the design and maintenance of the Moody’s Analytics global macro model and suite of country forecast models. Dr. Hopkins has also been responsible for forecasting Canada’s economy and U.S. federal fiscal policy, and oversees the U.S. international trade forecast. Previously, he taught macroeconomics at Gettysburg College and served as an international economist on the staff of the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He has published in the areas of international economics, economic growth and foreign policy. He received his PhD in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from Wesleyan University.

Carolina Azar is a Senior Director at Moody’s, managing the Credit & Procurement book of business for Data Solutions. In this capacity, she is responsible for the product strategy and go-to-market activities around a portfolio of products to help Moody’s clients manage credit and supplier risk more effectively. Carolina has led and managed the Integrated Risk Assessment strategy, combining financial, trade credit, M&A, ownership, ESG, climate, cybersecurity, sentiment analysis, reputational and sustainability data for 430 million of corporations globally. In addition to defining the Master Data Management strategy, she is also responsible for the development of tools and capabilities needed to help credit and supplier risk managers identify, measure, and mitigate their risk exposure.

Carolina has dedicated her career to credit risk, research analysis and data management. She joined Moody’s in May 2011 as the Product Strategist for the Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) Sovereign and Sub-sovereign book of business. Few years after, she became the Research Strategist across all lines of business, including corporates, financial institutions, sovereign & sub-sovereign, public finance, and structured finance. Before joining Moody’s, Carolina spent nearly 20 years in various roles, at the Financial Standards Foundation, AIG and ING Barings in New York, and the Ministry of Finance and HLB International in Argentina.

Carolina holds a master’s degree in International Finance & Business from Columbia University, is a graduate of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and a Certified Public Accountant.