Join our Moody's senior analysts and other guest speakers from leading institutions for the Vietnam Credit Briefing in Hanoi.
Vietnam Credit Briefing (Hanoi)
IN PERSON | Lotte Hotel Hanoi
Agenda
09.00
- 09.30
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Registration & Networking
09.35
- 10.15
VNT
10.15
- 11.00
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Navigating challenges today for opportunities tomorrow
Financial Institutions and Corporates Panel Discussion
- What are the key credit trends at play across Vietnamese banks and how does it compare to trends around the region?
- How will the new regulations address the challenges faced by financial institutions?
11.00
- 11.25
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Coffee Break
11.25
- 11.40
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11.40
- 12.25
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Transition Finance: Financing the green transition for a sustainable ASEAN
Panel Discussion
- What are the decarbonization targets and policies across the major ASEAN countries?
- What are the challenges and opportunities in transition finance for Vietnam and the rest of ASEAN?
- How will ASEAN’s transition be financed?
Speakers
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James Flitton is a Senior Vice President - Head of Relationship Management for Moody’s for South and South East Asia.
Based in Singapore, he leads and manages the business development and account management groups for the region.
James is responsible for growing Moody’s coverage and revenue in Asean and India, by developing relationships with new issuers in existing markets, penetrating new markets, and strengthening and expanding relationships with existing issuers and intermediaries.
James has also worked as a Vice President in Moody’s London office, where he was in charge of the UK and Ireland portfolio of customers. James holds a BA (Honours) in European Languages & Business from the University of Leeds, and an LEA from the University of Provence. James also holds an executive education diploma from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford.
Gene Fang is an Associate Managing Director in the Sovereign and sub-sovereign Ratings Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he manages the teams responsible for sovereign credit ratings in the Asia Pacific region and credit research on Chinese regional- and local governments.
Before joining Moody’s, Gene worked as an investment banker, covering financial institutions for J.P. Morgan and Citigroup in Hong Kong and Singapore. In this role, he managed client relationships across Asia and advised on debt, equity, and M&A transactions. Gene graduated from Columbia University in political science. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Marcus Yiu is an Analyst with Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, he supports lead analysts in covering a portfolio of sovereign credits in the Asia Pacific and Central Asia regions.
Marcus joined Moody’s in January 2020, after working at J.P. Morgan Asset Management as a Market Analyst based in Hong Kong. There, he performed macroeconomic and market research with a focus on Asia and took part in generating asset allocation ideas for clients.
Marcus graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Warwick.
Mr. Nguyễn Hồng Quân was appointed as Deputy CEO and Head of Risk Management Division of TPBank from February 2012. Before joining TPBank, Mr. Quan had more than 15 years of experience working in banking and finance sector and held important positions in commercial banks and investment banks such as Citibank Vietnam, An Binh Securities Company. Mr. Quan holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Prior to that, he graduated with a degree in International Business, Hanoi Foreign Trade University and was an Economic Engineer, Department of Transport Economics, Hanoi University of Transport. Mr. Nguyen Hong Quan was honored to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Governor of the State Bank for his outstanding achievements contributing to completing the banking mission in 2018 – 2019.
Mr. Hieu is a Director - Senior Analyst at Vietnam Investors Service covering corporations across various industry sectors in Vietnam, and a member of the Credit Rating Council of Vietnam Investors Service. Hieu is a well-regarded corporate researcher in Vietnam, with over 12 years of experience in sector and company research.
Prior to joining Vietnam Investors Service, Mr. Hieu was a Head of Equity Research at KB Securities Vietnam (KBSV). He led a team of analysts to handle in-depth industry research and equity analysis of nearly 100 listed companies across all sectors in Vietnam. Prior to KBSV, Mr. Hieu was senior analyst at MB Securities and Bao Viet Securities, audit associate at PwC Vietnam. He was a three-time panelist at Vietnam Investment Professional Forum.
Mr. Hieu graduated from National Economics University with a major in banking and finance. He is a CFA Charterholder since 2016.
Alka Anbarasu is an Associate Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, Alka is responsible for Moody's analytical teams covering ratings and research on banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions in Japan, ASEAN and Indian Sub-continent. Alka also coordinates the Global Financial Institution Group's efforts on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring and research. Alka is a regular speaker at Moody's market briefings, external conferences podcasts and broadcast media. She is very active in promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and is a passionate impact leader for Moody's Community Impact initiatives in Asia.
Alka joined Moody's in 2013 and over the years has led the ratings of several high profile Asian financial institutions. Prior to joining Moody's, she worked in the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan in London and Mumbai and ING Vysya Bank in India. She has close to 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Alka holds an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management in India.
Amit Pandey joined Moody’s APAC FIG in Singapore in 2023. He covers a rating portfolio of banks in Asia-Pacific, in particular the South and Southeast Asian region.
Previously, Amit was with S&P Global Ratings for over 10 years in Singapore covering a portfolio of ASEAN and South Asian financial institutions. Prior to that, he served in the debt capital market team of HSBC India and the credit department of Axis Bank in Mumbai.
Amit has extensive credit experience in providing rating and capital advisory services to issuers across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as debt origination and management services of credit portfolios.
Amit has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Jeffrey Lee is Vice President and Regional Manager for Second Party Opinion (SPO) production for Asia Pacific with Moody’s Ratings. Based in Singapore, Jeffrey oversees a team of analysts in HK, Singapore and Tokyo, who are in charge of producing SPOs and publication of thought leadership research related to APAC sustainable finance market. Jeffrey is a regular speaker and panelist at external conferences and other industry events in APAC. He also represents Moody’s on various high-profile industry working groups. Before his current role at Moody’s Ratings, Jeffrey managed the team of SPO production analysts in APAC with Moody’s ESG Solutions.
Before his current capacity, Jeffrey worked in Moody’s Ratings’ Financial Institutions Group. He joined Moody’s in 2013 as an Associate Analyst covering Korean financial institutions and served several roles within the group since then. Most recently, he was a Assistant Vice President – Analyst and part of the team responsible for portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in South and South East Asia. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Vice President – Manager and led a team of associate analysts covering financial institutions in APAC.
Before joining Moody’s Jeffrey worked at Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equity Division in South Korea, covering a portfolio of Korean clients. Jeffrey holds a BSc in Economics from Korea University.
Mr. Nguyen Ba Son serves as the Deputy Head of BIDV Treasury at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). With extensive experience spanning more than 17 years in Debt Capital Markets, Mr. Son has played a significant role in establishing BIDV as a pioneer bookrunner and the largest bond issuer in the domestic market. Notably, in 2023, he directed the successful issuance of BIDV's USD 100 million green bonds, making BIDV the first bank to issue ESG bonds in Vietnam.
Ms. Van Anh is a senior analyst at Vietnam Investors Service covering financial institution sector in Vietnam. Van Anh is a member of the Credit Rating Council of Vietnam Investors Service. With over 14 years of experience in credit analysis, research and credit risk management, Van Anh leads on the development of VIS Rating’s credit opinions and thought leadership in the financial institution sector in Vietnam.
Prior to joining Vietnam Investors Service, Van Anh was an Assistant Vice President and Deputy Head of Financial Institutions Credit Analysis at Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). She managed a team of analysts and was responsible for the credit risk assessment and appraisal of the bank’s transactions including complex credit facilities for domestic and international financial institution counterparties, covering banks, finance and leasing companies, securities firms, and insurers.
Van Anh was involved in the development of the bank’s internal credit rating models and system including the implementation of Basel II requirements, and led in-depth industry research and presentations to bank senior management for strategic planning exercises. In addition, Van Anh was a key member of the BIDV team managing the bank’s credit rating process with global credit rating agencies.
In her long career at BIDV, Van Anh also served as the bank’s Assistant Vice President and Head of Financial Institution Customer Relationship Management for Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. She also worked in BIDV’s Strategic Planning and Privatization Management Project departments.
She received her Master of International Economics and Finance (Honors) from University of Queensland (Australia), and a Bachelor of International Economics (Honors) from Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (Vietnam).
Ray Tay is a Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance Group. Based in Singapore, Ray covers project finance, transport, utilities and other infrastructure credits in Southeast Asia and India. Ray also authors research and conducts outreach focused on topics such as project bonds and the role of funding diversity and credit enhancement in bridging the infrastructure gap, particularly in emerging markets. Ray is also a member of Moody’s APAC ESG Working Group.
Before joining Moody’s in 2012, Ray was a Director with the Global Infrastructure & Projects Group in KPMG. Ray has also worked as a Senior Business Analyst with the Singapore Power Group, focusing on regulatory economics in each of its principal local operating subsidiaries.
Ray holds a Bachelor’s in Economics with honors from the National University of Singapore.
Jeffrey Lee is Vice President and Regional Manager for Second Party Opinion (SPO) production for Asia Pacific with Moody’s Ratings. Based in Singapore, Jeffrey oversees a team of analysts in HK, Singapore and Tokyo, who are in charge of producing SPOs and publication of thought leadership research related to APAC sustainable finance market. Jeffrey is a regular speaker and panelist at external conferences and other industry events in APAC. He also represents Moody’s on various high-profile industry working groups. Before his current role at Moody’s Ratings, Jeffrey managed the team of SPO production analysts in APAC with Moody’s ESG Solutions.
Before his current capacity, Jeffrey worked in Moody’s Ratings’ Financial Institutions Group. He joined Moody’s in 2013 as an Associate Analyst covering Korean financial institutions and served several roles within the group since then. Most recently, he was a Assistant Vice President – Analyst and part of the team responsible for portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in South and South East Asia. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Vice President – Manager and led a team of associate analysts covering financial institutions in APAC.
Before joining Moody’s Jeffrey worked at Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equity Division in South Korea, covering a portfolio of Korean clients. Jeffrey holds a BSc in Economics from Korea University.
James Flitton is a Senior Vice President - Head of Relationship Management for Moody’s for South and South East Asia.
Based in Singapore, he leads and manages the business development and account management groups for the region.
James is responsible for growing Moody’s coverage and revenue in Asean and India, by developing relationships with new issuers in existing markets, penetrating new markets, and strengthening and expanding relationships with existing issuers and intermediaries.
James has also worked as a Vice President in Moody’s London office, where he was in charge of the UK and Ireland portfolio of customers. James holds a BA (Honours) in European Languages & Business from the University of Leeds, and an LEA from the University of Provence. James also holds an executive education diploma from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford.
Mr. Nguyễn Hồng Quân was appointed as Deputy CEO and Head of Risk Management Division of TPBank from February 2012. Before joining TPBank, Mr. Quan had more than 15 years of experience working in banking and finance sector and held important positions in commercial banks and investment banks such as Citibank Vietnam, An Binh Securities Company. Mr. Quan holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). Prior to that, he graduated with a degree in International Business, Hanoi Foreign Trade University and was an Economic Engineer, Department of Transport Economics, Hanoi University of Transport. Mr. Nguyen Hong Quan was honored to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Governor of the State Bank for his outstanding achievements contributing to completing the banking mission in 2018 – 2019.
Mr. Nguyen Ba Son serves as the Deputy Head of BIDV Treasury at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). With extensive experience spanning more than 17 years in Debt Capital Markets, Mr. Son has played a significant role in establishing BIDV as a pioneer bookrunner and the largest bond issuer in the domestic market. Notably, in 2023, he directed the successful issuance of BIDV's USD 100 million green bonds, making BIDV the first bank to issue ESG bonds in Vietnam.
Mr. Hieu is a Director - Senior Analyst at Vietnam Investors Service covering corporations across various industry sectors in Vietnam, and a member of the Credit Rating Council of Vietnam Investors Service. Hieu is a well-regarded corporate researcher in Vietnam, with over 12 years of experience in sector and company research.
Prior to joining Vietnam Investors Service, Mr. Hieu was a Head of Equity Research at KB Securities Vietnam (KBSV). He led a team of analysts to handle in-depth industry research and equity analysis of nearly 100 listed companies across all sectors in Vietnam. Prior to KBSV, Mr. Hieu was senior analyst at MB Securities and Bao Viet Securities, audit associate at PwC Vietnam. He was a three-time panelist at Vietnam Investment Professional Forum.
Mr. Hieu graduated from National Economics University with a major in banking and finance. He is a CFA Charterholder since 2016.
Ms. Van Anh is a senior analyst at Vietnam Investors Service covering financial institution sector in Vietnam. Van Anh is a member of the Credit Rating Council of Vietnam Investors Service. With over 14 years of experience in credit analysis, research and credit risk management, Van Anh leads on the development of VIS Rating’s credit opinions and thought leadership in the financial institution sector in Vietnam.
Prior to joining Vietnam Investors Service, Van Anh was an Assistant Vice President and Deputy Head of Financial Institutions Credit Analysis at Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). She managed a team of analysts and was responsible for the credit risk assessment and appraisal of the bank’s transactions including complex credit facilities for domestic and international financial institution counterparties, covering banks, finance and leasing companies, securities firms, and insurers.
Van Anh was involved in the development of the bank’s internal credit rating models and system including the implementation of Basel II requirements, and led in-depth industry research and presentations to bank senior management for strategic planning exercises. In addition, Van Anh was a key member of the BIDV team managing the bank’s credit rating process with global credit rating agencies.
In her long career at BIDV, Van Anh also served as the bank’s Assistant Vice President and Head of Financial Institution Customer Relationship Management for Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. She also worked in BIDV’s Strategic Planning and Privatization Management Project departments.
She received her Master of International Economics and Finance (Honors) from University of Queensland (Australia), and a Bachelor of International Economics (Honors) from Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (Vietnam).
Gene Fang is an Associate Managing Director in the Sovereign and sub-sovereign Ratings Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he manages the teams responsible for sovereign credit ratings in the Asia Pacific region and credit research on Chinese regional- and local governments.
Before joining Moody’s, Gene worked as an investment banker, covering financial institutions for J.P. Morgan and Citigroup in Hong Kong and Singapore. In this role, he managed client relationships across Asia and advised on debt, equity, and M&A transactions. Gene graduated from Columbia University in political science. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
James Flitton is a Senior Vice President - Head of Relationship Management for Moody’s for South and South East Asia.
Based in Singapore, he leads and manages the business development and account management groups for the region.
James is responsible for growing Moody’s coverage and revenue in Asean and India, by developing relationships with new issuers in existing markets, penetrating new markets, and strengthening and expanding relationships with existing issuers and intermediaries.
James has also worked as a Vice President in Moody’s London office, where he was in charge of the UK and Ireland portfolio of customers. James holds a BA (Honours) in European Languages & Business from the University of Leeds, and an LEA from the University of Provence. James also holds an executive education diploma from the Said Business School at the University of Oxford.
Alka Anbarasu is an Associate Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, Alka is responsible for Moody's analytical teams covering ratings and research on banks, insurance companies, and non-bank financial institutions in Japan, ASEAN and Indian Sub-continent. Alka also coordinates the Global Financial Institution Group's efforts on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scoring and research. Alka is a regular speaker at Moody's market briefings, external conferences podcasts and broadcast media. She is very active in promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives and is a passionate impact leader for Moody's Community Impact initiatives in Asia.
Alka joined Moody's in 2013 and over the years has led the ratings of several high profile Asian financial institutions. Prior to joining Moody's, she worked in the investment banking division of J.P. Morgan in London and Mumbai and ING Vysya Bank in India. She has close to 20 years of experience in the financial industry. Alka holds an MBA from the Xavier Institute of Management in India.
Amit Pandey joined Moody’s APAC FIG in Singapore in 2023. He covers a rating portfolio of banks in Asia-Pacific, in particular the South and Southeast Asian region.
Previously, Amit was with S&P Global Ratings for over 10 years in Singapore covering a portfolio of ASEAN and South Asian financial institutions. Prior to that, he served in the debt capital market team of HSBC India and the credit department of Axis Bank in Mumbai.
Amit has extensive credit experience in providing rating and capital advisory services to issuers across the Asia-Pacific region, as well as debt origination and management services of credit portfolios.
Amit has a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Jeffrey Lee is Vice President and Regional Manager for Second Party Opinion (SPO) production for Asia Pacific with Moody’s Ratings. Based in Singapore, Jeffrey oversees a team of analysts in HK, Singapore and Tokyo, who are in charge of producing SPOs and publication of thought leadership research related to APAC sustainable finance market. Jeffrey is a regular speaker and panelist at external conferences and other industry events in APAC. He also represents Moody’s on various high-profile industry working groups. Before his current role at Moody’s Ratings, Jeffrey managed the team of SPO production analysts in APAC with Moody’s ESG Solutions.
Before his current capacity, Jeffrey worked in Moody’s Ratings’ Financial Institutions Group. He joined Moody’s in 2013 as an Associate Analyst covering Korean financial institutions and served several roles within the group since then. Most recently, he was a Assistant Vice President – Analyst and part of the team responsible for portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in South and South East Asia. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Vice President – Manager and led a team of associate analysts covering financial institutions in APAC.
Before joining Moody’s Jeffrey worked at Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equity Division in South Korea, covering a portfolio of Korean clients. Jeffrey holds a BSc in Economics from Korea University.
Ray Tay is a Associate Managing Director in Moody’s Project and Infrastructure Finance Group. Based in Singapore, Ray covers project finance, transport, utilities and other infrastructure credits in Southeast Asia and India. Ray also authors research and conducts outreach focused on topics such as project bonds and the role of funding diversity and credit enhancement in bridging the infrastructure gap, particularly in emerging markets. Ray is also a member of Moody’s APAC ESG Working Group.
Before joining Moody’s in 2012, Ray was a Director with the Global Infrastructure & Projects Group in KPMG. Ray has also worked as a Senior Business Analyst with the Singapore Power Group, focusing on regulatory economics in each of its principal local operating subsidiaries.
Ray holds a Bachelor’s in Economics with honors from the National University of Singapore.
Marcus Yiu is an Analyst with Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. Based in Singapore, he supports lead analysts in covering a portfolio of sovereign credits in the Asia Pacific and Central Asia regions.
Marcus joined Moody’s in January 2020, after working at J.P. Morgan Asset Management as a Market Analyst based in Hong Kong. There, he performed macroeconomic and market research with a focus on Asia and took part in generating asset allocation ideas for clients.
Marcus graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Warwick.