Katrina Ell Director-Economic Research Moody’s

Katrina Ell is a Director-Economic Research in the Sydney office of Moody’s Analytics. Katrina manages the Asia-Pacific edition of Economy.com and is responsible for the research, analysis and forecasting of economies throughout the Asia-Pacific region, with a particular focus on Australia and New Zealand. Katrina is regularly quoted by international media such as CNBC, Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times and Sky News. She previously worked as an analyst at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority. Katrina received her bachelor’s degree in economics (honours) from Macquarie University and is currently completing her Masters in Applied Economics at Macquarie University.

Justin Tanjuakio Director - Industry Practice Leads Moody's Analytics

Justin Tanjuakio is a Director and Insurance Industry Practice Lead at Moody’s Analytics, covering the APAC region. In his current role, he collaborates with insurers to enhance their underwriting, investment/insurance risk management, and balance sheet management, through Moody’s Analytics solutions. 

 Prior to Moody’s, he worked for 14+ years for life insurers including MetLife, Prudential and AIG. His experience includes management roles within financial reporting, risk management, embedded value, product development, pricing, and internal audit. He has been based in Japan since 2016. 

Justin is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and a Chartered Enterprise Risk Analyst.

Tomer Yahalom Senior Director - Insurance Research and Strategy Moody's Analytics

Tomer is a Senior Director in the Insurance Research and Strategy Group. He leads research efforts for risk management solutions for insurance companies, pensions funds and asset managers with a focus on the Americas.

Some projects Tomer’s team has been focused on include Risk Integrated Credit Solution (RICS) for a range of applications including ALM, Risk, and Portfolio Management, macro variables simulations, and risk integration across Market and Credit risks/platforms.

Prior to focusing on the insurance sector Tomer has worked on portfolio- and balance sheet-related research. He has initiated and led several research initiatives such as the modeling of complex instruments (e.g., structured products and leases) in a portfolio setting, and PPNR modeling and validation for stress testing. He also headed Moody’s Research Services team, which focuses on quantitative client service engagements.

Tomer holds a PhD in Operations, Information & Technology from Stanford University, an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University, and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He has published in the areas of queuing theory, mechanism design and risk management.