Wednesday webinar at one: AI and credit quality - Opportunities and challenges for debt issuers

Wednesday 13 March 2024 | 13:00 - 13:40 | Webinar

AI is poised to deliver advantages to debt issuers, but there is potential for significant upheaval. Winners and losers will emerge as a wave of innovative applications reshapes business models and economies. Join our speakers Vincent Gusdorf, and Francesco Bozzano from Moody’s as they explore:

• How will AI influence credit ratings, and when can we expect these changes?
• Which organisations will feel the most pronounced impact from AI?
• What credit metrics are likely to be affected by AI?
• Could AI lead to the disruption of existing business models, creating opportunities for new entrants?
• Will AI contribute to a widening gap between industry frontrunners and those lagging?

Timings

Registration: 12:55
Event: 13:00 - 13:40

Speakers

Vincent Gusdorf, CFA, Senior Vice President, Moody’s

Vincent Gusdorf is a Senior Vice President at Moody’s in charge of AI and digital asset research. He also leads AI projects for the ratings agency. Vincent worked as a credit analyst for 16 years and covered investment grade and high-yield corporates.

Vincent is a CFA charterholder and holds a Masters in Finance from Sciences Po Paris and a Masters in Law from Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas. He is a self-trained programmer and developed his AI expertise by completing multiple online data science and cloud certifications. Vincent is also a Lean Six Sigma black belt, a certified ScrumMaster, and a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP).

Francesco Bozzano, Vice President, Senior Analyst within Moody’s EMEA Corporate Finance team

Based in Paris, Francesco Bozzano manages a portfolio of investment-grade and high-yield companies with a focus on the retail, healthcare, and transportation sectors. Francesco has been leading research efforts for corporate finance globally on new technologies including AI.

Francesco joined Moody’s in 2011 in London in the infrastructure team, covering a portfolio of European utilities and limited recourse financings of energy and infrastructure assets, including conventional project finance transactions.

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