Ana Arsov Managing Director, Global Head of Private Credit & Global Financial Institutions Co-Head Moody’s Ratings

Ana Arsov is a Global Managing Director, co-heading of the banking rating franchise for Moody’s Investor Service which includes rating coverage for banks, securities firms, specialty finance and market infrastructure.

Ana joined Moody’s in 2013 with an extensive experience in analyzing financial institutions and managing credit professionals. Prior to joining Moody’s, Ana’s most recent role was at UBS, where she spent the last several years as Executive Director in Credit Risk, responsible for financial institutions including North American banks, broker dealers, exchanges and clearinghouses. Prior to UBS, she was Head of Global Portfolio Management-Credit Risk Management at Morgan Stanley, focusing on comprehensive coverage, identification and analysis of risks across the firm’s trading and lending businesses as well as leading key risk management initiatives for Morgan Stanley Bank N.A.

Ana began her career in Credit Risk Management at Lehman Brothers in various credit risk roles, ultimately heading up the North American Financial Institutions and Structured Finance team, and subsequently worked on Lehman’s bankruptcy resolution.

Ana holds a master’s degree in Management (with a specialization in Financial Services and Banking) from Boston University, and a bachelor’s degree in Business from Pace University, New York. Ana also holds certificate on board governance from Harvard Business School.

Ayo Adepoju Group Chief Financial Officer Ecobank Transnational Incorporated

Ayo Adepoju oversees and ensures strategic management of all financial and fiscal aspects of the bank’s finance operations.  Before his current role, Ayo was Vice President, Group Finance and Ecobank’s Group Financial Controller, where he was responsible for financial and regulatory reporting for the Group. Both roles have given him a deep understanding of the underlying drivers of the business across Africa which are imperative for the next stage of the Group’s growth.

Prior to joining Ecobank, Ayo had a career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in London and Lagos as an Assurance Manager in the financial services practice.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Lagos, Nigeria and an MBA from Warwick Business School, UK.

Alexandra Aspioti Vice President - Senior Analyst, Financial Institutions Group Moody's Ratings

Alexandra serves as a lead analyst for financial institutions in EMEA, including asset managers, insurance brokers, insurance companies and funds. She joined Moody's in 2013 after two years of experience in the banking sector. 

Alexandra holds a Master of Science in Finance from the Manchester Business School, and BSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Macedonia, Greece.

Adekemi Adebambo Chief Ratings Officer GCR Ratings

Adekemi Adebambo is the Chief Ratings Officer at GCR Ratings, Nigeria and has spent over a decade with the company conducting rating analysis on a broad range of entities in diverse sectors of the economy. In her current role, she oversees the analytical team encompassing Financial Institutions and Corporates & Local and Regional Government ratings. Prior to GCR, Adekemi worked at Access Bank Plc (in the Internal Audit Group) and KPMG’s audit and advisory division respectively.

 Adekemi is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria and an Associate of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, United Kingdom. Adekemi has a master’s degree in international Banking and Finance from Lingnan University, Hong Kong, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of Ibadan.

David Darmon Director Manager-Data Science Moody's

David is a Director of Data Science in Moody's Predictive Analytics unit, where he oversees modeling projects utilizing both traditional and alternative data sources for credit risk assessments of private and public firms. He also leads a ResearchOps team inside Research & Analytics responsible for productionalizing credit risk models. David holds a Ph.D. in Scientific Computing from the University of Maryland College Park.

Abdulla AlHammadi Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Financial Institutions Group Moody's Ratings

Abdulla Al Hammadi serves as an Assistant Vice President with Moody's Financial Institutions Group. He is based in Dubai, where he oversees a portfolio of bank credit ratings across the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries, with a particular emphasis on Islamic financial institutions.

Abdulla joined Moody’s in 2024. Prior to his tenure at Moody's, Abdulla was an Associate Director at Fitch Ratings, covering financial institution ratings in the Middle East. Before Fitch Ratings, he was with the Central Bank of Bahrain, handling prudential supervision for wholesale banks.

Abdulla is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and earned a First-Class Honours degree in Banking and Finance from the University of Bahrain. He authored a book titled "Principles of Financial planning, Investment & Trading" aimed at providing comprehensive overview on passive style investment portfolio.