Chief Economist and Head of Research at Business Sweden, the Swedish Trade and Invest Council. Business Sweden is jointly owned by the Swedish Government and the Swedish industry, a partnership that provides access to contacts and networks at all levels in about 50 markets worldwide. Business Sweden’s mission is to help Swedish companies increasing their global sales as well as assisting international companies interested in investing and expanding in Sweden. Business Sweden’s research team continuously monitors markets globally and analyses the effects on Swedish companies’ internationalization.

Simon Ainsworth, who is based in London, is an Associate Managing Director responsible for the analytical teams maintaining ratings on Nordic and Baltic banks and on a range of European insurance companies. Simon previously served as a Group Credit Officer. In that role he carried responsibility for monitoring ratings quality as well as assisting in the development and implementation of rating methodologies and practices applied to rated financial institutions within the EMEA region. Simon joined Moody’s in March 2014 following sixteen years at the Bank of England.

Louise joined Moody’s in November 2016, and is the lead analyst for the large Swedish and Danish banks. Prior to joining Moody’s, Louise spent nine years at Standard & Poor’s. She initially worked as a senior credit analyst in the Sovereign and International Public Finance Group, and thereafter in the Financial Institutions Group - in the midst of the global financial crisis. The last 4 ½ years at S&P, Louise headed up the rating agency’s Banking Industry Country Risk Assessments (BICRAs), the key element of bank ratings, globally.

Tomás Rodríguez-Vigil is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst with Moody’s Covered Bond Group. Based in Madrid, Tomás covers the ratings of covered bond programmes in several markets such as Czech Republic, Slovakia, Turkey and Norway.

Niclas Boheman, based in London, is Moody’s lead analyst on a number of financial institutions in the Nordics and Baltics.

Maria Gillholm is a VP-Senior Credit Officer in the Corporate Finance team and has worked with Moody’s in Sweden since March 2017. She is the lead analyst for Nordic real estate issuers.

Joanna Fic is a senior analyst in the EMEA Infrastructure Finance team based in London with extensive experience across both the infrastructure and utility sectors. Joanna's portfolio currently includes a number of European transport infrastructure assets as well as regulated and unregulated electric and gas utilities in the region.

Alessandro Roccati joined Moody’s in May 2012 as a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. His portfolio includes large European banks. Prior to joining Moody’s, Alessandro spent fifteen years in equity research as a Senior analyst covering European banks at global investment banks: Macquarie, Man Group, Credit Lyonnais and Nikko Securities. He started his career as a credit analyst covering European banks at UniCredito. Alessandro graduated in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan

James Leaton is a vice president – senior credit officer in Moody’s global environmental, social and governance (ESG) team. In this capacity, James leads the development of carbon transition analysis of companies in high impact sectors. James brings expertise across environmental issues, especially climate change risk. James is a regular participant at high-profile market briefings, external conferences, media engagements and policy discussions related to climate risk. Prior to joining Moody’s.

Dietmar Hornung, Associate Managing Director, leads the Sovereign Risk Group’s European team, covering the European countries and the European supranationals. Prior to his appointment as team leader, Dietmar was Moody’s lead analyst on a number of European sovereign credits, including Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Russia, EU, EFSF and ESM.