Ariane Ortiz-Bollin is an Assistant Vice President-Analyst in the Sovereign Risk Group at Moody’s Investors Service. She covers Chile and countries in the Caribbean and Central America, leading the internal rating committee discussions, country and region specific publications, and meetings with government officials.Before joining Moody’s in 2011, Ariane was a research analyst at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University, conducting research on a range of macroeconomic,monetary policy, and financial regulation topics. Her prior experience includes corporate credit analysis in Citigroup-Banamex in Monterrey, Mexico,covering the corporate sector in the north of Mexico.

Barbara Mattos is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group in São Paulo, Brazil, leading the credit analysis and rating process for a diversified portfolio of Basic Industries companies, including mining, steel, pulp & paper and a few industrials in South America. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2011, Barbara worked at FRAM Capital as an equity research analyst and at ABN Amro Bank in the strategic planning/investor relations team. She also worked for Wintershall AG and Cambridge Energy Research Associates in Cambridge, MA.Barbara received both her bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in accounting from Fundação Getulio Vargas in Brazill. She holds an MBA from the Yale Graduate School of Management in New Haven, CT. Barbara is a CFA Charterholder.‍

Bernardo Costa is a VP/Senior Analyst in Moody’s Latin American Project and Infrastructure Finance Group. Based in São Paulo, Bernardo leads the analysis of a portfolio of infrastructure and project finance issuers primarily in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. He is also responsible for leading research projects within the sector. He has fifteen years of experience in the credit analysis of Structured and Project Finance transactions, with a particular focus in Emerging Markets, having spent most of his career working with credit ratings. Prior to joining Moody’s, Bernardo spent 13 years with Fitch Ratings, where he held different analytical roles, lastly as the Head for the Infrastructure and Project Finance Group - Brazil (2014-2016) and Sector Head for Latin America Asset Backed Securities (2011-2013). Bernardo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Insper-SP) and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Felipe es Vice presidente–Senior Credit Officer en el Grupo de Instituciones Financieras para Moody's. Basado en la Ciudad de México, lidera el análisis de crédito de diversas instituciones financieras, incluidos bancos, firmas de valores y compañías financieras en México y Chile. Antes de este cargo, él ha tenido responsabilidades similares para instituciones financieras en toda América Latina. Felipe se unió a Moody's en 2000 y tiene un MBA de la Universidad de Nueva York y recibió un B.S. en Administración de Empresas de la Universidad de Boston. Habla con fluidez español, inglés y portugués.

Dr. Juan Licari is a Managing Director at Moody’s Analytics and the head of the Economics and Consumer Credit Analytics team for Asia-Pacific and EMEA. Dr. Licari’s team is responsible for generating alternative macroeconomic forecasts for Europe and for building econometric tools to model credit risk phenomena. His team is an industry leader in developing and implementing risk solutions that explicitly connect credit data to the underlying economic cycle, allowing portfolio managers to plan for alternative macroeconomic scenarios. These solutions are leveraged into stress testing, reverse stress testing, and IFRS 9 practices. Juan is actively involved in communicating the team’s research and methodologies to the market. He often speaks at credit events and economic conferences worldwide. Dr. Licari holds a PhD and an MA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated summa cum laude from the National University of Cordoba in Argentina.