Risks for SE Asian Banks: A Coversation with Moody’s

Jeffrey Lee

Assistant Vice President - Analyst

Moody's Investor Service

Jeffrey Sukjoon Lee is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst with Moody's Financial Institutions Group. Based in Singapore, he is part of the team responsible for Moody’s portfolio of banks and non-bank financial institutions in South and South East Asia. Jeffrey joined Moody’s in 2013 as an associate analyst in Hong Kong, where he covered financial institutions in Korea and Mongolia. Since then he has covered several roles within Moody’s and was most recently an Associate Analyst Team Manager in Ratings & Research Support, managing associate analyst for Financial Institutions Group in Asia Pacific. Prior to Moody’s, Jeffrey worked at Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equity division in Korea, managing a portfolio of Korean clients. Jeffrey holds a BSc in Economics from Korea University

Srikanth Vadlamani

Vice President - Senior Credit Officer

Moody's Investor Service

Srikanth Vadlamani is a Vice President – Senior Credit Officer for the Financial Institutions Group in Asia. Based in Singapore, he is primarily responsible for the credit ratings of banks and finance companies in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Prior to joining Moody’s, he was a Director in Daiwa Securities’ research department in Singapore, where he was responsible for the coverage of banks in the ASEAN region. He has also worked for other investment banks, including J.P. Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Nomura, where he covered banks and other financial institutions in India, Southeast Asia and emerging Europe. Srikanth holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, majoring in Finance and Economics.

Tengfu Li

Analyst

Moody's Investor Service

Tengfu Li is an Analyst with Moody’s Financial Institutions Group. Based in Singapore, he is responsible for the credit ratings of financial institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka. Before joining Moody’s, Tengfu worked at OCBC Bank for more than eight years in Singapore, where he developed credit risk models. Tengfu holds a MSc in Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University, and a BEng in Electrical Engineering from the National University of Singapore.

Rena Kwok

Credit Analyst - APAC Financials

Bloomberg Intelligence

Rena Kwok is a credit analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence specializing in banks and nonbanks in Asia. Prior to joining Bloomberg, Rena has acquired years of experience in the regulatory and front-line corporate lending aspects of credit under the large local banks in Singapore, OCBC and UOB. She has knowledge in Basel Risk and credit risk analysis. Her industry expertise spans across banks, real estate, wholesale, and retail sectors. Rena earned her bachelor’s degree (2nd Upper Honors) in Finance from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Singapore.