Moody's Analytics Experts

Avinash Arun

Creates credit assessment and origination strategies and supports commercial loan origination and risk management objectives.

Annie Choi

Develops analytic and empirical models, and trains and advises clients worldwide on enterprise risk management, asset and liability management, and stress testing.

Blake Coules

Across 35 years in banking, Blake has gained deep insights into the inner working of this sector. Over the last two decades, Blake has been an Operating Committee member, leading teams and executing strategies in Credit and Enterprise Risk as well as Line of Business. His focus over this time has been primarily Commercial/Corporate with particular emphasis on CRE. Blake has spent most of his career with large and mid-size banks. Blake joined Moody’s Analytics in 2021 after leading the transformation of the credit approval and reporting process at a $25 billion bank.

Chris Stanley

Across 15 years as a consultant and practitioner, Chris worked on a range of strategy, risk management and operational transformation initiatives with leading financial institutions throughout North America. From this collection of abstract, “what now?” challenges, he has developed specialties in credit optimization, business combinations and system implementations. Chris joined Moody’s in 2020 after leading CECL implementation and dual risk rating expansion at a $50 billion bank.

John Baer

Credit risk expert; data analytics and technology process consultant; former M&A advisor for private equity and corporate clients

Cayetano Gea-Carrasco

Offers wide-ranging expertise on capital markets, AI analytics, and software management.

Anna Krayn

CECL adoption expert; engagement manager for loss estimation, internal risk capability enhancement, and counterparty credit risk management

Patrycja Oleksza

Applies proficiency and knowledge to regulatory capital and reporting analysis and coordinates business and product strategies in the banking technology area

James Partridge

Credit analytics expert helping clients understand, develop, and implement credit models for origination, monitoring, and regulatory reporting.

Victor Pinto

Recognized leader advising banks and financial institutions worldwide to navigate various challenges in risk and finance.

Brian Robinson

Actuary; risk management specialist; corporate and capital modelling expert

Jamie Stark

Risk model validation consultant; product strategist; data intelligence and artificial intelligence scientist and researcher