Moody's Analytics Experts

James Partridge

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

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.

Cristian deRitis

Leading economist; recognized authority and commentator on personal finance and credit, U.S. housing, economic trends and policy implications; innovator in econometric and credit modeling techniques.

Hasio-shan Yang, Ph.D.

Senior economist; commercial real estate; credit risk modeling; data infrastructure; machine learning; quantitative modeling and thought leader.

Steven G. Cochrane

Leading APAC economist oversees regional economic analysis and forecasting; presents company’s economic research and outlook, and leads consulting projects to help clients assess effects of these developments on their business.

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.

Katrina Ell

Brings deep expertise in economic research, analysis and forecasting of countries located throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Juan Pablo Fuentes

International economist with extensive macroeconomic analytical work focusing on individual Latin American countries, including the regional impact of global developments such as fluctuating worldwide energy and oil market conditions.

Kamil Kovar

Kamil Kovar is an associate director and economist at Moody’s Analytics, where he works as lead economist for Euro zone forecasting.

Thomas LaSalvia, Ph.D.

Head of CRE Economics; commercial real estate; emerging trends; housing sector; thought leader; capital markets; office.

Jesse Rogers

Economist covering Latin America and emerging markets across Asia; specializes in trade policy, international capital flows and economic development.

Rebecca Szoke

Data Alliance manager