James Ingram is Managing Director, Head of Sales for Europe & Africa at Moody’s Analytics, leading sales teams representing MA products and services and customer relationships across the region. 

James is a proven leader with over 20 years of experience across financial markets, building high-performing teams, developing go-to-market strategies to drive growth and partnering with customers to unlock opportunity through an integrated view of risk. 

Prior to his appointment as Regional Sales Leader this year, James was Managing Director, Head of Sales for Insurance & Asset Management, with a focus on building Moody’s presence and visibility across Europe & Africa and establishing strategic relationships with customers, partners and associations. He has played a key role in the integration of RMS’ catastrophe and climate risk business following its acquisition in 2021 and helped lead the launch of Moody’s ESG service for commercial underwriting. 

Since joining Moody’s Analytics in 2016, James has held a number of key sales leadership positions across a wide range of teams, notably leading the growth of Moody’s IFRS 17 business and Learning Solutions. Prior to joining Moody’s, James worked in capital markets for 14 years with domain specialism in structured finance and experience in both marketing and product management roles. James holds a BSc in Management Science & Spanish from The University of Southampton and a certificate in Leadership from Michigan Ross School of Business. 

Chief Executive Officer working in the non-profit organization management industry. Skilled in Governance, Compliance risk management, Internal Audit, Management, Financial Risk, Risk Management and Managerial Finance. Strong business development professional graduated from University of KZN. 

Nelson Almeida is a director product specialist at Moody’s. Nelson specialises in a diverse number of products, including the Enterprise Risk Management Solutions within the Moody’s suite of products. He is active within a diverse geographic area, covering the larger EMEA region, including developing and developed areas. He joined Moody’s in 2009, coming from a background within large CRM and ERP product implementation roles, including implementation consultant, Implementation team Manager and Principle Consultant. This covered a wide range of organisations from FTSE 100 and Dow Jones listed corporations to smaller local organisations. He holds a B Comm from RAU (South Africa), ACCA course accreditation, and a variety of IT and product qualifications to support his specialities, such Microsoft SQL administration.

Thea works as a senior strategist in the Moodys Credit Portfolio Management team. She has over a decade’s worth of industry experience in banking and insurance in the EMEA region, specializing in capital management and credit portfolio management. She holds a Master of Science in Finance alongside a Master of Science in Quantitative Risk Management

Alexis is a Director in the Moody’s Portfolio Product Management team. 

With a technical post degree in economics from the University of Panthéon-Assas in Paris, Alexis has 15+ years’ experience in risk management and valuation, having been working in sales, pre-sales, product, project management & strategy roles across various environments (banks, consultancy and software houses).

Prior to his current role at Moody’s, Alexis was leading sales and pre-sales for the French speaking region at Numerix, addressing derivatives pricing, market & counterparty risks as well as Insurance ALM risks solutions spanning both sell and buy side segments. In addition to this responsibility, Alexis also oversaw regulation topics (Basel III, FRTB, EMIR, Solvency 2), working closely with Quantitative Research and Product Management teams in order to foster both development and new generation of the Numerix Solutions. Previously and in particular, Alexis spent 7 years as a Portfolio Management & Valuation Sales Specialist at Moody’s, focusing on the Portfolio IP content across the EMEA Region. Alexis also worked at various consultancy and software companies, implementing and designing risk solutions for several major financial institutions.