Tameka Alsop Managing Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO Moody's Corporation

Tameka Alsop is Managing Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO at Moody’s Corporation and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. In this role, Ms. Alsop leads a range of strategic and operational initiatives that are vital to the company’s success.

Ms. Alsop has more than 20 years of experience helping drive positive change and business results at Moody’s. Prior to her position as Chief of Staff, Ms. Alsop was Managing Director, Head of US Financial Institutions Relationship Management at Moody’s Investors Service, where she built customer relationships with institutions to grow coverage and revenue, as well as expanded relationships with existing issuers and intermediaries. She also held various leadership positions across the organization including roles in Business Process Management and Ratings Operations, Investor Relations, Structured Finance Surveillance, Public Finance, Business Planning and Revenue Accounting.

Ms. Alsop currently serves on the Trident American Dreams Advisory Board and is a founding member of the Women’s Business Resource Group at Moody’s. She is also a key contributor to various Moody’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Ms. Alsop holds a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and is a certified project management professional.

Rob Fauber President & CEO Moody's Corporation

Rob Fauber became President and Chief Executive Officer of Moody’s Corporation on January 1, 2021 and was elected to the Board of Directors effective October 22,2020. Rob joined Moody’s in 2005 and has held multiple leadership roles at Moody’s. Until his appointment as CEO, he was Moody’s Chief Operating Officer and drove strategic initiatives across the company. He served as President of Moody’s Investors Service from 2016 to 2019 and was Head of Moody’s Investors Service’s Global Commercial Group from 2013 to 2016, overseeing relationship management, product development, and strategy for the rating agency. Rob has also served as Head of Moody’s Corporate Development. Prior to Moody’s, he held roles in alternative investments, corporate strategy & business development, and investment banking at Citi. Rob earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A. from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. He and his wife have two children.

Isabel Gomez Vidal Chief Revenue Officer Moody's Analytics

Isabel Gomez-Vidal is the Chief Revenue Officer for Moody’s Analytics. In this role, Isabel is responsible for Moody’s Analytics revenue streams and revenue performance including its global Sales organization, Customer Service and Customer Success and execution of its go to market strategy. Isabel oversees Moody’s offering of products and services that are used extensively by Financial Institutions, Corporates, Professionals Services firms and Governments. In addition, Isabel is responsible for aligning all revenue-generating departments and building strategic partnerships.

Since joining Moody’s in 2007 Isabel has worked in a variety of leadership positions in Europe and the US. Prior to her current role, she was the Executive Director, Global Head of Sales and Customer Service. Isabel is very active with Moody’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion group and is a member of the leadership team for the Women’s and LGBTA Employee Resource Groups. Isabel has collaborated with Sylvia Hewlett, the founder of Center for Talent Innovation, an advisory firm that focuses on helping organizations leverage talent across the divides of culture, gender and geography, in a number of articles including ‘’Women Want Five Things’’ and Sylvia’s latest book ‘’Growing Global Executive: The New Competencies’’.

She holds a BA in Economics from the University of Seville in Spain.

Kent Cichowicz Strategic Sourcing Manager Illinois Tool Works

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) is a global industrial manufacturing company consisting of 7 industry-aligned Segments. Our products and solutions are at work all over the world, in deep-sea oil rigs, aerospace technology, bridges and wind turbines, healthcare, the spaces in which we live and work, the cars we drive, and the mobile devices we rely on.

Kent joined ITW’s Strategic Sourcing Group in 2015 and has managed the Intel & Development Sourcing team for the last 4.5 years. His team is very data-focused and oversees a myriad of programs & 3^rd Party tools to help facilitate the sourcing process across ITW’s highly decentralized enterprise. These programs consist of: Supplier & Customer Risk Management, Spend Management, Market Intelligence, Sourcing Project Tracker, Sourcing Learning & Development, and Supplier Diversity.

Howard Fields Senior Vice President, Counsel, Anti-Money Laundering Mastercard

Howard R. Fields is senior vice president, counsel, Anti-Money Laundering. In this role, he manages a global compliance team responsible for the operation of the Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions and Export Controls at Mastercard. These key programs allow Mastercard to maintain compliance with regulatory obligations globally. 

Prior to joining Mastercard, Mr. Fields was with GE Capital for twelve years in various senior compliance officer roles, including Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for both GE Capital Solutions and GE Capital America, AML Counsel, and Compliance Leader –Financial Crimes Compliance Group. Previously, Mr. Fields’ practiced White Collar Criminal defense for Wiggin & Dana, LLP. Prior to that he was an Enforcement Attorney with the United States Securities & Exchange Commission.

Mr. Fields is a certified anti-money laundering professional under ACAMS, and served as a founder board member for the ACAMS Connecticut chapter.

Mr. Fields graduated with a Juris Doctorate from Pace School of Law and earned his Bachelor of Science from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. He is a member of the bar for the 2nd District, New York State, and Connecticut.

Richard Wright Global Head, Wholesale Credit & Lending Transformation and Delivery HSBC

Richard Wright is the Global Head for Wholesale Credit & Lending Transformation at HSBC.  Improving customer and colleague experience, and driving dramatic productivity gains through target operating model design and digitisation are the primary remits for this role.  Developing people, process, products and productivity capabilities and working with leadership teams in engaging and establishing common purpose with stakeholders from across Risk, IT, Data, CCO, and other stakeholders underpin most daily activities.

Career highlights include establishing and lead the global transformation of digital experience from fragmented and suboptimal capabilities into a global leader in the commercial banking space; an industry first in the design of a 100% digital operating model for commercial lending, including the development and commercialisation of AI capabilities in production.  Leading high-growth businesses across 20+ countries and building strong, visible and compassionate leadership talent are the professional accomplishments most important to Richard’s career success.

The opportunity to make a difference is the driving force in a 25+ year career across North and South America, Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Katie Hysenbegasi Managing Director, Head of R&C Modeling and Analytics BNY Mellon

Katie Hysenbegasi is the Global Head of Risk&Compliance Modeling and Analytics for the Bank of NY Mellon. In the current position, Katie is leading a team of modelers/analysts (in four locations: NYC, Pittsburgh, Poland and Pune) for BAU activities, Stress testing, CECL/IFSR9, and Basel 2.5/3 covering credit, counterparty credit risk, and market risk. In addition, she is responsible for the scenario design and macroeconomic factors forecasting. Additional responsibilities cover building and maintaining risk and performance tools along with advanced analytics (AI/ML) to increase efficiency and automation. Katie joined BNY Mellon in January 2006 as a head of the credit risk modeling group.
During her career, she has served as Citigroup Vice President developing statistical models to support marketing and risk management. Katie also has taught for the Department of Economics at Baruch College, CUNY, as an adjunct assistant professor and lecturer.

Katie obtained an M.S. in Applied Mathematics for Finance from Baruch College of CUNY; an M.A. degree in Economics and a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from WMU 2001.

Tameka Alsop Managing Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO Moody's Corporation

Tameka Alsop is Managing Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO at Moody’s Corporation and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. In this role, Ms. Alsop leads a range of strategic and operational initiatives that are vital to the company’s success.

Ms. Alsop has more than 20 years of experience helping drive positive change and business results at Moody’s. Prior to her position as Chief of Staff, Ms. Alsop was Managing Director, Head of US Financial Institutions Relationship Management at Moody’s Investors Service, where she built customer relationships with institutions to grow coverage and revenue, as well as expanded relationships with existing issuers and intermediaries. She also held various leadership positions across the organization including roles in Business Process Management and Ratings Operations, Investor Relations, Structured Finance Surveillance, Public Finance, Business Planning and Revenue Accounting.

Ms. Alsop currently serves on the Trident American Dreams Advisory Board and is a founding member of the Women’s Business Resource Group at Moody’s. She is also a key contributor to various Moody’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Ms. Alsop holds a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and is a certified project management professional.

Mona Breed Chief Information Officer Moody's Corporation

Mona Breed is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Moody’s Corporation. In this role, Mona is responsible for all global enterprise technology programs and activities. She joined Moody’s in 2018 after nearly 30 years of diverse experience across all dimensions of technology, finance and large-scale project management/system implementation.

Ms. Breed came to Moody’s from OppenheimerFunds, where she served as Head of Infrastructure, Enterprise Applications, IT Strategy and Transformation. Prior to joining Oppenheimer in 2013, she held a range of senior technology and finance leadership roles at Apollo and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Ms. Breed currently serves as the Treasurer for the Skating Club of New York. She is also a member of the Dell, Zoom and AWS North American Customer Advisory Boards, and sits on the AEA Investors LP Senior Advisory Council. In 2021, Ms. Breed was a finalist for the New York CIO of the Year ORBIE Award in the “Global” category. She is a graduate of Emory University.

Steve Tulenko President Moody's Analytics

Stephen Tulenko is the President of Moody's Analytics, a division of Moody's that provides financial intelligence and analytical tools to help business leaders make better, faster decisions.

Prior to his current role, Mr. Tulenko served as the Executive Director of the Enterprise Risk Solutions business, and the Executive Director of Sales, Customer Service, and Marketing, both within Moody's Analytics. Prior to the formation of Moody's Analytics, he held various sales, product development, and product strategy roles in Moody's Investors Service. He joined Moody's in 1990.

Mr. Tulenko has a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in Finance, Marketing and International Business from the Stern School of Business at New York University

Michael West President Moody's Ratings

Mr. West has served as President of Moody’s Ratings since November 2019. Mike served as Managing Director—Head of MIS Ratings and Research from June 2016 to October 2019. Previously, Mike served as Managing Director—Head of Global Structured Finance from February 2014 to May 2016 and Managing Director—Head of Global Corporate Finance from January 2010 to January 2014. Earlier in his career, Mike was also responsible for the research strategy for the ratings businesses and before that led Corporate Finance for the EMEA Region, European Corporates and the EMEA leveraged finance business. Prior to joining Moody’s in 1998, Mike worked at Bank of America and HSBC in various credit roles.

Tameka Alsop Managing Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO Moody's Corporation

Tameka Alsop is Managing Director, Chief of Staff to the CEO at Moody’s Corporation and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. In this role, Ms. Alsop leads a range of strategic and operational initiatives that are vital to the company’s success.

Ms. Alsop has more than 20 years of experience helping drive positive change and business results at Moody’s. Prior to her position as Chief of Staff, Ms. Alsop was Managing Director, Head of US Financial Institutions Relationship Management at Moody’s Investors Service, where she built customer relationships with institutions to grow coverage and revenue, as well as expanded relationships with existing issuers and intermediaries. She also held various leadership positions across the organization including roles in Business Process Management and Ratings Operations, Investor Relations, Structured Finance Surveillance, Public Finance, Business Planning and Revenue Accounting.

Ms. Alsop currently serves on the Trident American Dreams Advisory Board and is a founding member of the Women’s Business Resource Group at Moody’s. She is also a key contributor to various Moody’s diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Ms. Alsop holds a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University and is a certified project management professional.

Cristina Pieretti General Manager - Digital Insights Moody's

Cristina Pieretti is a General Manager at Moody’s, where she oversees the Digital Insights Operating Unit, having responsibility for the digital delivery of Moody’s research and insights, primarily through Moodys.com. Previously she led Moody’s Commercial Real Estate Data and Analytics business, being responsible for the integration of REIS, Moody’s first acquisition of a publicly listed company. Before this, Cristina was driving efforts in Moody’s Accelerator to identify and develop new business opportunities, with a special focus in AI and machine learning. She was also responsible for evolving the company’s innovation processes. Cristina joined Moody's in 2008, and held product management roles in the structured finance and credit risk measurement businesses. Prior to joining Moody's, Cristina worked in banking, where she participated in multiple transactions in Latin America.

Cristina holds a Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, as well as an MBA. She is also a CFA charterholder.