Oliver Schmitt Vice President - Senior Credit Officer, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Investors Service

Oliver joined Moody's in May 2005. He is a lead analyst covering various real estate Issuers across EMEA. He started his career at Moody's in the CMBS team, where he has been working on CMBS transactions across all EMEA jurisdictions and property types, and was instrumental in methodology developments as well as sector and individual transaction surveillance. Oliver is located in Moody's Frankfurt office. Prior to joining Moody's Oliver worked within the finance department of Roche Diagnostics and spent 2 years at a German savings bank. 

Martin Hallmark Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Ratings

Martin Hallmark is a Senior Vice President at Moody’s in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group in London. He joined Moody’s in June 2014 and has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance and credit analysis.

Before joining Moody’s he spent 7 years as a Senior Analyst at CVC Credit Partners analysing and monitoring investments within the European leveraged finance and high yield markets. Prior to CVC Credit Partners he was at RBS where he was responsible for origination, structuring and execution of leveraged finance transactions both in the European and the UK mid-cap markets, including 4 years in Milan. Prior to that, he worked at BDO Stoy Hayward where he covered auditing, accounting and Corporate Finance sectors.

Martin is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Music from Cambridge University.

Richard Etheridge Associate Managing Director, Corporate Finance Group Moody's Ratings

Richard Etheridge is an Associate Managing Director in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group based in London, leading a team of analysts in the high yield and leveraged finance franchise covering a diverse portfolio of industries.

Prior to Moody’s in 2014, Richard had spent the last 18 years in the leverage finance market. He was most recently a senior credit analyst at Pramerica Investment Management, focusing on European high yield bonds and leveraged loans. Previously Richard was a senior portfolio manager in the leveraged loan group at Aladdin Capital, where he managed a team of credit analysts and operations professionals. Prior to Aladdin, Richard was a director and head of warehousing and credit analysis for European leveraged loans at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. He started his banking career at Natwest Bank. His early career was in the Royal Navy. Richard has a Physics degree from Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, an MBA from Henley Management College, and is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers.