Joanna Fic Senior Vice President, Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings

Joanna Fic is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s EMEA Infrastructure Finance team, based in London. She is currently responsible for a portfolio of utilities and transport infrastructure companies in the United Kingdom and Africa, in addition to certain transport infrastructure companies in Norway and Turkey. With extensive credit experience across both the utility and infrastructure sectors, Joanna has a deep understanding of both conventional and complex structured financing arrangements.

Over the course of her career at Moody’s, Joanna has written extensively on transport infrastructure credit, covering airports, ports and toll roads. She has contributed to the development of a number of transport infrastructure methodologies and was the author of Moody’s Rating Methodology for Privately Managed Toll Roads, published in October 2017. Joanna has also published widely on European utilities, including in Germany, United Kingdom and Central and Eastern Europe. A highly regarded analyst and respected commentator, Joanna is a frequent speaker at conferences, investor roundtables and other events.

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2007, Joanna was a credit risk manager at Citigroup in Warsaw, where she was responsible for a diversified portfolio of corporates. Joanna holds a master’s degree in Finance and Banking from Warsaw School of Economics.

Graham Taylor Senior Vice President - Infrastructure Finance Moody's Investors Service

Graham Taylor is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s EMEA Infrastructure Finance team, based in London. He is responsible for a portfolio of regulated and unregulated utilities in the United Kingdom. As a senior member of the analytical team, Graham has contributed to and/or coordinated a number of publications, in particular on energy market issues, and is a frequent speaker at investor events. Prior to joining Moody’s in 2015, Graham was City Advisor to Ofwat, the English and Welsh water regulator, through the 2014 Price Review. He was previously an equity portfolio manager at Legal & General, where he managed long-only and long/short funds and was responsible for coverage of UK utilities, transport and leisure, and health care. Graham started his career in the investment banking division of Credit Suisse in New York. He is a graduate of Queen’s University, Canada, and is a CFA charter holder. Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2trillion of corporate and project finance securities, representing more than 90% of all public bonds issued globally in the sector. 140 analytical sector staff cover more than 1,000 infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 50 specialists is responsible for rating around 416 issuers. The rating agency covers more than11,000 corporate issuers and 135 sovereign nations.

Paul Marty Associate Managing Director, Infrastructure Finance Moody's Investors Service

Paul Marty is a Associate Managing Director in Moody’s EMEA Infrastructure Finance team, based in Paris. He oversees a team of analysts covering regulated and unregulated utilities across EMEA and is also responsible for a portfolio of utilities in Portugal. Over the course of a long career at Moody’s, Paul has covered a broad range of sectors including oil & gas and real estate and is experienced in rating both conventional and complex structured financing arrangements. Paul is an authority on the European utility sector and the lead author of Moody’srating methodology for regulated electric and gas networks. He has published extensively on the utility sector, authored well-received reports on environmental risks and developments, and frequently presents Moody’s views at investor roundtables and other events. Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2trillion of corporate and project finance securities, representing more than 90% of all public bonds issued globally in the sector. 180 analytical sector staff cover more than 1,700 infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 46 specialists is responsible for rating around 430 issuers. The rating agency covers more than39,000 issuers and transactions. Paul’s prior work experience includes 3 years in an independent credit research boutique, covering high-yield corporate issuers. Paul started his career in Mergers& Acquisitions at BNP Paribas where he worked on a number of transactions in the oil & gas sector. Paul graduated from the ESSEC Business School in Paris, France. He is fluent in English and French.

Benjamin Leyre Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Infrastructure Finance Moody's Investors Service

Benjamin Leyre is a senior analyst in the EMEA Infrastructure Finance Group, based in Paris. He has responsibility for a portfolio of Southern European utilities, including unregulated electric and gas utilities, and regulated electric and gas networks. Benjamin has a wide range of utility experience acquired through a number of roles which he uses to comment on sector credit themes. Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2trillion of corporate and project finance securities, representing more than 90% of all public bonds globally in the sector. 140 analytical staff cover more than 1,000infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 50 specialists is responsible for rating 416 issuers. The rating agency covers more than 11,000 corporate issuers and 135 sovereign nations. Before joining Moody’s, Benjamin worked for Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, where he was heading the global energy team, and managing the fund’s European utilities equity portfolio. Prior to this, he worked as an equity analyst for ExaneBNP Paribas, as the head of its European utilities team, with direct coverage of large European corporates. Benjamin also worked as a senior consultant with IHS CERA, where he provided strategic advice to utilities, banks and governmental institutions in the US and in Europe, and where he kick-started the consultancy European environmental practice. Benjamin holds an M.Sc in Technology and Policy from M.I.T. and a M.Eng in mechanical Engineering and Energy Economics from Ecole des Mines de Paris. He is fluent in English and French.

Knut Slatten Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Infrastructure Finance Moody's Ratings

Knut Slatten is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer at Moody’s working in the Moody's EMEA Project and Infrastructure Finance team. He currently covers a portfolio of companies that essentially comprises unregulated European utilities names. In his capacity as lead analyst, Knut has written numerous research publications and has spoken at several conferences. Prior to joining the Infrastructure Finance team, Knut spent 13 years in corporate finance at Moody's has covered a wide range of different industries, including pharmaceuticals. 

Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2 trillion of corporate and project finance securities, representing more than 90% of all public bonds issued globally in the sector. 180 analytical sector staff cover more than 1,700 infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 46 specialists is responsible for rating around 430 issuers. The rating agency covers more than39,000 issuers and transactions. He joined Moody’s in 2007. Prior to joining Moody’s, Knut worked as a credit analyst for Société Générale in Paris, covering oil and gas companies. Knut holds an MSc. (Econ.) degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and business Administration.

Celine Chérubin Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Infrastructure Finance Moody's Investors Service

Céline Chérubin is a senior credit officer in the EMEA Infrastructure Finance Group, based in Paris. She has responsibility for a portfolio of unregulated utilities in France, Belgium, Italy and the Czech Republic as well as water and waste management companies in France.

Céline has considerable experience of assessing utilities and infrastructure in Europe, with an in-depth knowledge of business models, strategies and stakeholders. She has a particular focus on the French market but also benefits from experience of a broad range of other jurisdictions.

Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2.8trillion of corporate and project finance securities. Our team of 148 analytical staff covers more than 2,700 public and private sector infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 48 infrastructure specialists is responsible for rating around 330 issuers with approximately US$756 billion in debt outstanding. Moody’s Investors Service covers a total of more than 35,000 issuers and structured finance transactions worldwide, representing more than US$73 trillion in rated debt.

Before joining Moody’s in April 2019, Céline worked for Infravia, a French infrastructure investment company, where she was responsible for investor relations and the fundraising of the fourth infrastructure fund. Prior to this, she had an extended career as a sell side equity analyst covering European utilities for more than 12 years. She has also taught classes in accounting, P&L diagnostics and cashflow analysis for the Société Française des Analystes Financiers.

Céline holds a degree in business administration (DESCAFF) from the Bordeaux Business School. She is fluent in English and French.

Mark Remshardt Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Project & Infrastructure Finance Moody's Investors Service

Mark Remshardt is a senior credit officer in the EMEA Infrastructure Finance Group, based in Frankfurt. He holds the responsibility for a portfolio of regulated networks and unregulated utilities in Germany and The Netherlands.

Moody’s has a leading global Infrastructure Finance franchise, rating some US$2.8 trillion of corporate and project finance securities. Our team of 148 analytical staff covers more than 2,700 public and private sector infrastructure issuers globally. Moody’s EMEA team of 48 infrastructure specialists is responsible for rating around 330 issuers with approximately US$756 billion in debt outstanding. Moody’s Investors Service covers a total of more than 35,000 issuers and structured finance transactions worldwide, representing more than US$73 trillion in rated debt.

Mark has considerable experience of assessing credit risk across a wide range of sectors, including utilities, oil & gas companies and large global industrial corporates, acquired in more than twenty years in the banking and financial services industry.

Before joining Moody’s, Mark worked for Australia and New Zealand Banking Group where he was the responsible senior analyst for a portfolio of German and Swiss corporates. Prior to that he worked for Crédit Agricole CIB as senior risk analyst, covering first the bank’s German automotive portfolio before being responsible for German and Central European utilities and oil & gas companies. Mark also worked in various analyst and relationship management positions for Zurich Financial Services, ING-BHF Bank (today ODDO-BHF Bank) and KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (today KFW-IPEX Bank).

Mark holds a degree in economics (Diplom-Ökonom) from Hohenheim University in Stuttgart. He is fluent in German and English.