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Agenda15:10HKT15:30HKT
Market View: Issuer Panel
The New Normal, a Growing Digital Economy and Higher ESG Focus
As Asia emerges from the aftermath of the multiple waves of infection at varying pace, we gain perspective from business leaders in technology, hospitality and renewables as they answer investors and issuers’ key questions, such as:
- What credit challenges and opportunities lie ahead in a post - Covid, highly digitized and environmentally focused world?
- How will corporate strategies evolve as recovery in Asia lags behind that of US and Europe?
- How will changes to the workplace affect business operating models?
- How will corporate funding strategy evolve in an environment of low interest rates and highly attractive equity valuations?
16:30HKTAsia High Yield Panel
After a decade of rapid growth, has the Asian HY sector hit a COVID wall?
- Will Asia see further strong growth in the HY sector?
- Can we expect to see greater diversity in the years ahead?
- Will the negative default trend continue?
- How does Asia’s high-yield market compare with other global HY markets?
- What will COVID mean for the Asian HY sector?
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SpeakersPeter Oey CFO GrabAbhishek Gupta Group Chief Financial Officer OYO Hotels & Homes
Robbie Singh CFO Adani Group
Wai Ming Wong Executive Vice President & CFO Lenovo
Gary Lau Managing Director, Corporate Finance Moody's Investors Service
Atsi Sheth Managing Director, Chief Credit Officer and Global Head of Credit Strategy & Standards Moody's Ratings
Ian Lewis Associate Managing Director, Corporate Finance Group and Project and Infrastructure Finance Moody's Investors Service
Sandra Veseli Managing Director, Head of EU and Country Manager Germany Moody's Investors Service
Annalisa Di Chiara Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Moody’s Ratings
Stephanie Cheong Assistant Vice President - Analyst, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Investors Service
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Gary Lau is the Managing Director for the Corporate Finance Group in Hong Kong. Gary manages analytical teams in Hong Kong, covering corporate ratings in North Asia (ex-Japan). He has extensive experience with Moody’s in analytical and management positions with responsibilities across different industries and geographies. He has been with Moody’s since 1998.
Before joining Moody’s, Gary worked for Barclays Bank Plc and Bank of America in the Financial Institutions and Corporate Banking Divisions.
He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Social Science, both from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Atsi Sheth is Managing Director and Global Head, Credit Strategy and Research.
Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research group includes global teams focused on Macroeconomic Research, Default & Ratings Analytics and Global Emerging Markets as well as regional credit strategy teams each focused on Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and EMEA.
Together these teams establish and articulate Moody’s house views on the trends that drive risk across countries, sectors and asset classes. They undertake in depth data driven analysis and leverage the expertise of ratings and research analysts across Moody’s to generate global, regional and sector insights on macro-economic, political, policy, technology and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.
In her capacity leading the group, Atsi also serves as a spokesperson on Moody’s analytic views, engaging with investors, the media and a wide range of public and private sector stakeholders.
Atsi is a long-time champion of Moody’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) as well as our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. She serves as co-chair of the CSR Thought Leadership & Solutions working group and the Senior Advisor to Moody’s Asian Leadership Initiative - a Multicultural Business Resource Group.
Prior to her current role, Atsi was Moody’s Chief Credit Officer for the Americas and before that Managing Director in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. She has also served as Chief Economist at Reliance Capital and taught courses on International Political Economy and Emerging Markets at Columbia University and Northwestern University. Atsi has a PhD from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Bombay University.
Peter Oey is the Chief Financial Officer of Grab. He helms Grab’s finance operations, treasury, tax, procurement, and real estate and facilities department. Peter also works closely with Grab’s President Ming Maa. Peter brings over 20 years of corporate financial and strategic planning experience to Grab, joining from legal technology solutions provider LegalZoom where he served as CFO for more than five years. Prior to LegalZoom, he was CFO of MyLife.com, a US consumer internet business, and spent over 12 years at Activision Blizzard in various roles including VP, Corporate Controller. Peter has a Bachelor of Economics, Accounting and Commercial Law from the University of Sydney.
Abhishek Gupta is the Group Chief Financial Officer at OYO Hotels & Homes. He has been part of OYOs executive leadership team since 2015 driving the overall strategy, financial oversight and long term planning and execution of OYO Group across multiple geographies and business segments.
Abhishek has more than 17 years’ of professional experience in key, senior finance roles at leading organisations such as Philips India, and in other business verticals including Energy, Capital and Healthcare, both in India and abroad. Abhishek has also worked across Board Management, capital raising, investor relations, JV relationship management and M&A execution, cost control, margin improvement and capital allocation.
Abhishek is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA from the Indian School of Business (class of 2010), he was also part of the Executive Management Program at Harvard University.
Robbie Singh has been associated with the Adani Group in various capacities over last 8 years. Additionally, Robbie has over 16 years of global investment banking experience in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe and Asia. Robbie’s experience includes all the aspects of mergers, acquisitions, strategy, finance and risk, with a particular focus on listed and unlisted infrastructure funds.
Prior to joining Adani, Robbie has worked in investment banking with a focus on Infrastructure, Regulated Assets and Structured Finance for Merrill Lynch, Macquarie Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Mr. Wong Wai Ming, is currently the Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Lenovo Group. He was previously an investment banker for more than 15 years and also held senior management positions in listed companies in Hong Kong. He was an independent non-executive director of the Company from March 30, 1999 until his appointment to the position of Chief Financial Officer in 2007. Mr. Wong is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a bachelor’s degree in management sciences from the Victoria University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Ian Lewis is an Associate Managing Director for Moody’s Corporate Finance and Project & Infrastructure Finance Groups, based in Singapore.In this role, Ian manages a team of ratings analysts for ASEAN, with a focus on key sectors including autos, chemicals, metals & mining, steel, telecommunications,regulated utilities, transport and social infrastructure.
Prior to being based in Singapore, Ian worked for Moody’s in Japan, Australia and the US.Before joining Moody’s in 2007, he worked for various banks, including Sumitomo Bank, Credit Suisse, St George, and Westpac Banking Corporation.
Ian has over 20 years of experience in credit analysis and ratings across diverse industry sectors and geographies.
Ian holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of New England, and is also a CPA.
Sandra Veseli is a Managing Director and Head of the EU for Moody’s Investors Service, currently based in Frankfurt. She is also the Country Manager for Germany. Sandra is responsible for coordinating the strategic, operational and business engagement with internal and external stakeholders across the region.
Before joining the regional management team, Sandra was a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Group in London, leading the UK corporate and the global leveraged finance franchise.
Sandra joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing 20 years of banking experience. Prior to Moody’s, Sandra worked at Credit Suisse, where she was the Head of Rating Advisory for EMEA since 2010, after holding senior positions in the rating advisory teams at Morgan Stanley and Citi.
Sandra began her career at Dresdner Bank in Germany.
Sandra holds a Diploma from the Frankfurt Business School of Finance & Management.
Annalisa Di Chiara is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Hong Kong, Annalisa covers a portfolio of telecommunications, media and beverage companies throughout South and South East Asia. Annalisa is also a lead coordinator for Moody’s high-yield research and outreach initiatives for the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Annalisa worked for UBS in credit related roles across debt capital markets and leveraged finance. She spent a significant portion of her career as a senior ratings advisor covering corporates across a variety of industries throughout the US, Asia and Europe. Annalisa has also worked for Credit Suisse and the Bank of New York as a Ratings Advisor and a Corporate Finance Banker. She has worked in Hong Kong for over 13 years.
Annalisa holds a double major from Brown University in Business Economics and English & American Literature.
Stephanie Cheong is an Assistant Vice President - Analyst with Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Singapore, she covers a portfolio of investment grade and high yield companies across the industrial and telecommunications sectors in South and Southeast Asia. Stephanie has previously covered a portfolio of property developers in Indonesia.
Before joining Moody’s in 2015, Stephanie was an Assistant Audit Manager with Ernst & Young LLP, covering the banking industry and capital markets.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Singapore Management University.
Peter Oey is the Chief Financial Officer of Grab. He helms Grab’s finance operations, treasury, tax, procurement, and real estate and facilities department. Peter also works closely with Grab’s President Ming Maa. Peter brings over 20 years of corporate financial and strategic planning experience to Grab, joining from legal technology solutions provider LegalZoom where he served as CFO for more than five years. Prior to LegalZoom, he was CFO of MyLife.com, a US consumer internet business, and spent over 12 years at Activision Blizzard in various roles including VP, Corporate Controller. Peter has a Bachelor of Economics, Accounting and Commercial Law from the University of Sydney.
Abhishek Gupta is the Group Chief Financial Officer at OYO Hotels & Homes. He has been part of OYOs executive leadership team since 2015 driving the overall strategy, financial oversight and long term planning and execution of OYO Group across multiple geographies and business segments.
Abhishek has more than 17 years’ of professional experience in key, senior finance roles at leading organisations such as Philips India, and in other business verticals including Energy, Capital and Healthcare, both in India and abroad. Abhishek has also worked across Board Management, capital raising, investor relations, JV relationship management and M&A execution, cost control, margin improvement and capital allocation.
Abhishek is a Chartered Accountant with an MBA from the Indian School of Business (class of 2010), he was also part of the Executive Management Program at Harvard University.
Robbie Singh has been associated with the Adani Group in various capacities over last 8 years. Additionally, Robbie has over 16 years of global investment banking experience in Australia, New Zealand, North America, Europe and Asia. Robbie’s experience includes all the aspects of mergers, acquisitions, strategy, finance and risk, with a particular focus on listed and unlisted infrastructure funds.
Prior to joining Adani, Robbie has worked in investment banking with a focus on Infrastructure, Regulated Assets and Structured Finance for Merrill Lynch, Macquarie Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
Mr. Wong Wai Ming, is currently the Executive Vice President and the Chief Financial Officer of Lenovo Group. He was previously an investment banker for more than 15 years and also held senior management positions in listed companies in Hong Kong. He was an independent non-executive director of the Company from March 30, 1999 until his appointment to the position of Chief Financial Officer in 2007. Mr. Wong is a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a bachelor’s degree in management sciences from the Victoria University of Manchester in the United Kingdom.
Gary Lau is the Managing Director for the Corporate Finance Group in Hong Kong. Gary manages analytical teams in Hong Kong, covering corporate ratings in North Asia (ex-Japan). He has extensive experience with Moody’s in analytical and management positions with responsibilities across different industries and geographies. He has been with Moody’s since 1998.
Before joining Moody’s, Gary worked for Barclays Bank Plc and Bank of America in the Financial Institutions and Corporate Banking Divisions.
He holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Social Science, both from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Atsi Sheth is Managing Director and Global Head, Credit Strategy and Research.
Moody’s Credit Strategy & Research group includes global teams focused on Macroeconomic Research, Default & Ratings Analytics and Global Emerging Markets as well as regional credit strategy teams each focused on Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and EMEA.
Together these teams establish and articulate Moody’s house views on the trends that drive risk across countries, sectors and asset classes. They undertake in depth data driven analysis and leverage the expertise of ratings and research analysts across Moody’s to generate global, regional and sector insights on macro-economic, political, policy, technology and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.
In her capacity leading the group, Atsi also serves as a spokesperson on Moody’s analytic views, engaging with investors, the media and a wide range of public and private sector stakeholders.
Atsi is a long-time champion of Moody’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) as well as our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. She serves as co-chair of the CSR Thought Leadership & Solutions working group and the Senior Advisor to Moody’s Asian Leadership Initiative - a Multicultural Business Resource Group.
Prior to her current role, Atsi was Moody’s Chief Credit Officer for the Americas and before that Managing Director in Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group. She has also served as Chief Economist at Reliance Capital and taught courses on International Political Economy and Emerging Markets at Columbia University and Northwestern University. Atsi has a PhD from Northwestern University and a B.A. from Bombay University.
Ian Lewis is an Associate Managing Director for Moody’s Corporate Finance and Project & Infrastructure Finance Groups, based in Singapore.In this role, Ian manages a team of ratings analysts for ASEAN, with a focus on key sectors including autos, chemicals, metals & mining, steel, telecommunications,regulated utilities, transport and social infrastructure.
Prior to being based in Singapore, Ian worked for Moody’s in Japan, Australia and the US.Before joining Moody’s in 2007, he worked for various banks, including Sumitomo Bank, Credit Suisse, St George, and Westpac Banking Corporation.
Ian has over 20 years of experience in credit analysis and ratings across diverse industry sectors and geographies.
Ian holds a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University, a Bachelor in Economics from the University of New England, and is also a CPA.
Sandra Veseli is a Managing Director and Head of the EU for Moody’s Investors Service, currently based in Frankfurt. She is also the Country Manager for Germany. Sandra is responsible for coordinating the strategic, operational and business engagement with internal and external stakeholders across the region.
Before joining the regional management team, Sandra was a Managing Director in the Corporate Finance Group in London, leading the UK corporate and the global leveraged finance franchise.
Sandra joined Moody’s in 2013, bringing 20 years of banking experience. Prior to Moody’s, Sandra worked at Credit Suisse, where she was the Head of Rating Advisory for EMEA since 2010, after holding senior positions in the rating advisory teams at Morgan Stanley and Citi.
Sandra began her career at Dresdner Bank in Germany.
Sandra holds a Diploma from the Frankfurt Business School of Finance & Management.
Annalisa Di Chiara is a Senior Vice President in Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Hong Kong, Annalisa covers a portfolio of telecommunications, media and beverage companies throughout South and South East Asia. Annalisa is also a lead coordinator for Moody’s high-yield research and outreach initiatives for the Asia Pacific region.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Annalisa worked for UBS in credit related roles across debt capital markets and leveraged finance. She spent a significant portion of her career as a senior ratings advisor covering corporates across a variety of industries throughout the US, Asia and Europe. Annalisa has also worked for Credit Suisse and the Bank of New York as a Ratings Advisor and a Corporate Finance Banker. She has worked in Hong Kong for over 13 years.
Annalisa holds a double major from Brown University in Business Economics and English & American Literature.
Stephanie Cheong is an Assistant Vice President - Analyst with Moody’s Corporate Finance Group. Based in Singapore, she covers a portfolio of investment grade and high yield companies across the industrial and telecommunications sectors in South and Southeast Asia. Stephanie has previously covered a portfolio of property developers in Indonesia.
Before joining Moody’s in 2015, Stephanie was an Assistant Audit Manager with Ernst & Young LLP, covering the banking industry and capital markets.
Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Accountancy from the Singapore Management University.