Moody's Analytics Experts

Richard Cross, PhD

Richard is the Director of the Quantitative Research Group at Moody's Analytics, responsible for numerous analytical productivity and data quality initiatives. He designs, implements, and operates systems that apply lean manufacturing principles to data production. Prior to Moody’s Analytics, he was a consultant with McKinsey. He has a PhD and an MS in aerospace engineering from Georgia Tech, and an SB in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT.

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.

Thomas LaSalvia, Ph.D.

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

Mark Zandi

Mark M. Zandi is chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, where he directs economic research.

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.

Alfredo Coutiño

Acclaimed international economist and economics thought leader focusing on macroeconomic analysis and policy, economic consulting, econometric modeling and forecasting for Mexico and Latin America.

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.

Gaurav Ganguly

Expert on a number of international economies having spent several years analyzing and commenting on countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

Kamil Kovar

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

Jesse Rogers

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