Juwon Lee is Vice President – Senior Analyst with Moody’s Ratings, Financial Institutions Group. Based in Hong Kong, she covers a portfolio of financial institutions in Korea and Mongolia. 

Juwon newly joins from Australia and New Zealand Banking Group where she covered Korea financial institutions and Japan banks for seven years. Prior to ANZ, she spent six years at Macquarie Securities as an equity analyst covering Korea shipbuilding, machinery, and logistic companies. Juwon also held positions at MUFG Bank and Hyundai Oilbank. 

Juwon holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Ewha Womans University.

▷ Major Professional Experience
1996 KICPA, KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.
2000 Korea Investors Service, Inc. ("KIS")
2003 Analyst, KIS
2006 Senior Analyst, KIS
2009 Chief Analyst, KIS
2020~Present Department Head, FI 2 Department, FI & SF Group, KIS

▷ Education
1996 B.S. in Business Administration, Seoul National University
2000 M.S. in Business Administration, Seoul National University

▷ Major Professional Experience
2001 Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers
2006 Korea Investors Service, Inc. ("KIS")
2018~Present Department Head, FI 1 Department, FI & SF Group, KIS

▷ Certification
2001 KICPA

▷ Education
2004 M.S. in Business Administration, Seoul National University

Sophia Sinae Lee is an Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Hong Kong, she oversees the ratings team that is responsible for financial institutions in Hong Kong, Korea, Mongolia and Taiwan, and non-bank financial institutions in China.

Sophia joined Moody’s in 2013 and prior to that spent seven years at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong as an equity analyst. She has also held positions in Korea at Bank of Korea and Korea First Bank.

Sophia holds an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a BA in Russian Language and Literature from Korea University. She is also a CFA charterholder.

Eugene Tarzimanov is a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he is the Lead Analyst for banks in Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. 

Eugene is also responsible for coordinating banking research across Asia Pacific, and actively represents Moody’s to regulators, investors and the media on analytical and methodological views. Eugene moved to Singapore from Moody’s Moscow office, where he covered the largest banks in Russia, as well as financial institutions in Europe and the Middle East.

Before joining Moody’s in early 2009, Eugene held senior positions during his five years with Standard & Poor’s, where he was responsible for the analysis of banks in Europe and the Middle East. He has also worked at the CEO’s office of Bank VTB, where he was responsible for inhouse research.

Eugene holds an MBA in financial management from New York’s Pace University, and a BSc in international economics from Moscow’s Finance Academy.

Arlene Sohn is an Analyst in Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Hong Kong, Arlene covers a portfolio of financial institutions in Korea and Mongolia. 

Prior to her current role, Arlene worked as an Associate Analyst in Moody’s Ratings and Research Support team, and supported ratings for non-financial corporates in Korea. Arlene also supported ratings for project financing companies in South and Southeast Asia. 

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2017, Arlene was with Deloitte Korea and has performed different roles in financial advisory services group, including feasibility studies on infrastructure project and aircraft financing, insolvency and litigation consulting and M&A advisory work. 

Arlene is a Certified Public Accountant of Korea (KICPA). She has a Master of Science in Financial Analysis from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and a B.A. in Business Administrations from Seoul National University.

▷ Major Professional Experience
1996 KICPA, KPMG Samjong Accounting Corp.
2000 Korea Investors Service, Inc. ("KIS")
2003 Analyst, KIS
2006 Senior Analyst, KIS
2009 Chief Analyst, KIS
2020~Present Department Head, FI 2 Department, FI & SF Group, KIS

▷ Education
1996 B.S. in Business Administration, Seoul National University
2000 M.S. in Business Administration, Seoul National University

▷ Major Professional Experience
2001 Samil PricewaterhouseCoopers
2006 Korea Investors Service, Inc. ("KIS")
2018~Present Department Head, FI 1 Department, FI & SF Group, KIS

▷ Certification
2001 KICPA

▷ Education
2004 M.S. in Business Administration, Seoul National University