Fabian Astic Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Economy Moody's Ratings

Fabian Astic serves on Moody’s Ratings Senior Leadership Team as Managing

Director and Global Head of Decentralized Finance & Digital Assets, Cyber Credit Risk,

and AI Analytics. He leads the group responsible for the rating agency’s preparedness

for the digitalization of the global economy, driven by transformative technologies

like AI and blockchain. Specific areas of focus for the group include analytics and

research, market and policy development, and process, data, and technology.

Fabian is widely recognized for his expertise in both traditional finance and digital

finance, often speaking at high-profile industry conferences and contributing to

leading trade association events and podcasts. He serves on the Digital Asset Markets

Subcommittee of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Global Markets

Advisory Committee, which focuses on digital finance and asset tokenization, and on

the board of QuantCube Technology, an AI company providing predictive analytics

and economic forecasts from alternative data. Additionally, he is the Secretary of the

board of the Hetrick-Martin Institute, a Moody’s partner, which supports LGBTQ

youth. In 2018, Fabian was named as one of Business Equality Magazine’s “40 LGBTQ

Leaders Under 40.”

Prior to his current role, Fabian established and led the group responsible for

developing quantitative models and analytical tools used in Moody’s rating process, as

well as innovation activities, including advanced capabilities in machine learning and

artificial intelligence.

Since joining Moody’s in 2006, Fabian has held roles in Credit Policy Research and the

Structured Finance Group, analyzing various structured credit products and

contributing to rating methodologies.

Fabian holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics with a focus on Mathematical Finance,

as well as a Master’s Degree in Mathematics Applied to Economic Sciences and a

Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics and Social Sciences from Université Paris

Dauphine. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Science and Executive Engineering from

the Ecole des Mines de Paris, where he specialized in Quantitative Finance

Stefan Bosshard Product Head Fixed Income SIX Digital Exchange

Stefan Bosshard works as Product Head Fixed Income for SIX Digital Exchange, a regulated Exchange and CSD, where he is responsible for building, running and extending the digital bond offering. Prior to his current role, Stefan was Product Manager for the Fixed Income segments of the Swiss Stock Exchange, focusing on introducing innovative services for issuing and trading bonds. Stefan has more than 15-year experience in financial services, FMIs, and bond trading. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Financial Economics and is based in Zurich (Switzerland).

Vincent Gusdorf Senior Vice President - Decentralized Finance and Digital Assets Moody's Ratings

Vincent Gusdorf is a Senior Vice President in the DeFi and Digital Assets team (DFDA), leading Moody’s blockchain technology research. Before joining the DFDA team, Vincent worked for the Innovation and Data Science team, managing several machine learning projects and defining the innovation roadmap.

Vincent worked as a credit analyst for 16 years and covered investment grade and high-yield corporates. He also contributed to developing Moody’s cyber risk expertise in Europe. Before joining Moody’s, Vincent worked at Standard & Poor’s, Exane BNP Paribas, and Ernst and Young.

Vincent is a CFA charter holder and holds a Master of Finance from Sciences Po Paris and a Master of Law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He is a self-trained programmer and developed his blockchain and machine learning expertise by completing multiple online data science and cloud certifications. Vincent is also a Certified ScrumMaster and a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

Abhi Srivastava Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Decentralized Finance and Digital Assets Moody's Ratings

Abhi is an assistant vice president with Moody's Ratings Decentralized Finance and Digital Assets (DFDA) team. He brings to the table over a decade of professional experience in quantitative modeling, credit risk management, fixed income, and structured finance. Abhi's academic background in electrical engineering and financial risk management helps him stay on top of the latest technological developments and various use cases in the field of digital finance.