Carbon Transition Risk and Opportunities
Barclays’ Group Head of Climate Risk and Moody’s subject matter experts explore carbon transition opportunities and challenges banks are facing in two interactive sessions. We will discuss how climate risk will reshape underwriting and the management of existing exposures to carbon intensive industries.
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Agenda14:00 - 14:05GMT
Welcome remarks
14:05 - 14:30GMT15:00GMTEnd
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SpeakersCarola Schuler Managing Director, EMEA Banking Moody's Investors Service
Alessandro Roccati Senior Vice President, Financial Institutions Group Moody's Investors Service
Lucia Lopez Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, ESG Moody's Investors Service
Billy Suid Managing Director and Group Head of Climate Risk BarclaysStephen Morris Banking Editor Financial Times
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Stephen Morris is the Financial Times banking editor. He joined the newspaper in 2018, initially covering lenders across Europe before moving to oversee the FT's banking coverage in general. He was previously a reporter at Bloomberg News and The Independent.
Alessandro Roccati joined Moody’s in May 2012 as a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. His portfolio includes large European banks. Prior to joining Moody’s, Alessandro spent fifteen years in equity research as a senior analyst covering European banks at global investment banks: Macquarie, Man Group, Credit Lyonnais and Nikko Securities. He started his career as a credit analyst covering European banks at UniCredito. Alessandro graduated in economics from Bocconi University in Milan.
Lucia Lopez is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Environmental, Social and Governance group. In her role, Lucia contributes on all aspects to systematically and transparently incorporate ESG considerations into its ratings. Lucia brings multi-disciplinary expertise in broader ESG issues through past positions as a corporate credit analyst and a banker.
Lucia frequently represents the firm as a speaker through conversations with investors, policymakers and other market participants around the world. Before moving to the ESG team, Lucia was a lead analyst in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group since 2018. Prior to Moody’s, Lucia worked for over 15 years at a number of banks including Deutsche Bank and Barclays as a senior credit officer specializing in leverage finance and natural resources.
Lucia holds a Masters in European Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Billy was appointed Head of Climate Risk for Barclays in 2020. The new function was created to support Barclays’ ambition to become a net zero bank by 2050, helping to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Billy is responsible for developing Barclays’ climate risk methodologies, and managing climate risk in the bank’s portfolio. He also leads Barclays’ climate stress testing work.
He has led the development of BlueTrack™, Barclays’ methodology for measuring financed carbon emissions and tracking them at a portfolio level against the goals of the Paris Agreement. The methodology, which went live in November 2020, is also helping Barclays to embed climate impact in its financing decisions.
Billy is overseeing the work to make climate risk a Principal Risk under Barclays’ enterprise risk management framework.
Prior to his current role, Billy was Head of Capital and Leverage Management at Barclays, responsible for managing the bank’s capital position. He has had a long-standing interest in environmental issues, and led the launch of the Barclays Green Bond issuance programme in 2017, a first amongst UK banks. Since joining Barclays in 2005, Billy has held a number of roles in Markets, the bank’s Portfolio Management group, and in the Treasury function, initially as Head of Securitisation and Asset Backed issuance.
He started his career at JPMorgan, is a CFA Charterholder and graduated from ESSEC Business School in Paris.
Carola Schuler is a Managing Director in the Europe, Middle East and Africa banking team, based in Frankfurt. In this capacity, she is responsible for Moody’s analytical teams that rate banks primarily in the UK, the Eurozone and Central and Eastern Europe as well as non-bank financial companies across Europe. Carola has extensive experience in credit analysis and managing credit professionals.
Furthermore, Carola plays a leading role in Moody’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration efforts. Moody’s is committed to incorporating ESG risks into its credit analysis and Carola is one of Moody’s global coordinators of ESG analytical, research and outreach initiatives for financial institutions.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2008, Carola was a Director at the credit risk management division of Deutsche Bank where she worked in a number of different analytical and managerial functions in Germany and abroad, covering corporate finance, leveraged finance, financial institutions and sovereign risk across Europe, including time spent in Brussels (Belgium).
Carola has a double German-French Diploma in Business Administration from Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (HTW), Saarbrücken /Germany and the University of Metz/ France.
Carola Schuler is a Managing Director in the Europe, Middle East and Africa banking team, based in Frankfurt. In this capacity, she is responsible for Moody’s analytical teams that rate banks primarily in the UK, the Eurozone and Central and Eastern Europe as well as non-bank financial companies across Europe. Carola has extensive experience in credit analysis and managing credit professionals.
Furthermore, Carola plays a leading role in Moody’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) integration efforts. Moody’s is committed to incorporating ESG risks into its credit analysis and Carola is one of Moody’s global coordinators of ESG analytical, research and outreach initiatives for financial institutions.
Prior to joining Moody’s in 2008, Carola was a Director at the credit risk management division of Deutsche Bank where she worked in a number of different analytical and managerial functions in Germany and abroad, covering corporate finance, leveraged finance, financial institutions and sovereign risk across Europe, including time spent in Brussels (Belgium).
Carola has a double German-French Diploma in Business Administration from Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (HTW), Saarbrücken /Germany and the University of Metz/ France.
Alessandro Roccati joined Moody’s in May 2012 as a Senior Vice President in the Financial Institutions Group, based in London. His portfolio includes large European banks. Prior to joining Moody’s, Alessandro spent fifteen years in equity research as a senior analyst covering European banks at global investment banks: Macquarie, Man Group, Credit Lyonnais and Nikko Securities. He started his career as a credit analyst covering European banks at UniCredito. Alessandro graduated in economics from Bocconi University in Milan.
Lucia Lopez is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Environmental, Social and Governance group. In her role, Lucia contributes on all aspects to systematically and transparently incorporate ESG considerations into its ratings. Lucia brings multi-disciplinary expertise in broader ESG issues through past positions as a corporate credit analyst and a banker.
Lucia frequently represents the firm as a speaker through conversations with investors, policymakers and other market participants around the world. Before moving to the ESG team, Lucia was a lead analyst in the EMEA Corporate Finance Group since 2018. Prior to Moody’s, Lucia worked for over 15 years at a number of banks including Deutsche Bank and Barclays as a senior credit officer specializing in leverage finance and natural resources.
Lucia holds a Masters in European Law from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Billy was appointed Head of Climate Risk for Barclays in 2020. The new function was created to support Barclays’ ambition to become a net zero bank by 2050, helping to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Billy is responsible for developing Barclays’ climate risk methodologies, and managing climate risk in the bank’s portfolio. He also leads Barclays’ climate stress testing work.
He has led the development of BlueTrack™, Barclays’ methodology for measuring financed carbon emissions and tracking them at a portfolio level against the goals of the Paris Agreement. The methodology, which went live in November 2020, is also helping Barclays to embed climate impact in its financing decisions.
Billy is overseeing the work to make climate risk a Principal Risk under Barclays’ enterprise risk management framework.
Prior to his current role, Billy was Head of Capital and Leverage Management at Barclays, responsible for managing the bank’s capital position. He has had a long-standing interest in environmental issues, and led the launch of the Barclays Green Bond issuance programme in 2017, a first amongst UK banks. Since joining Barclays in 2005, Billy has held a number of roles in Markets, the bank’s Portfolio Management group, and in the Treasury function, initially as Head of Securitisation and Asset Backed issuance.
He started his career at JPMorgan, is a CFA Charterholder and graduated from ESSEC Business School in Paris.
Stephen Morris is the Financial Times banking editor. He joined the newspaper in 2018, initially covering lenders across Europe before moving to oversee the FT's banking coverage in general. He was previously a reporter at Bloomberg News and The Independent.