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Abhi Srivastava is an AVP-Analyst at Moody's Ratings, working across credit risk and digital assets. In May 2024, he appeared as a speaker on Moody's "Focus on Finance" podcast episode examining how GenAI-powered deepfakes introduce credit risks for corporations, financial institutions, and governments, alongside Joe Lyons of Bitsight and host Danielle Reed.

Srivastava has over 13 years of experience in credit risk modelling and asset-backed structured credit. His academic background includes an MS in Financial Mathematics with a concentration in Computational Methods for Finance from the University of Connecticut School of Business, completed with a 4.0 GPA and supported by a departmental scholarship; a Micromaster in Data Science from UC San Diego Extension; and a certificate in FinTech and Blockchain from Columbia University.

Cristiano Ventricelli is Vice President – Senior Analyst, Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings, where his work focuses on the analysis of digital assets, tokenisation, and blockchain-based financial infrastructure. He has contributed analysis on digital bond ratings, including Moody's assessments of digitally native notes issued by the Government of Hong Kong SAR and Bank of Communications HK Branch, participating as a speaker in Moody's analyst briefings on both transactions.

Ventricelli has written on topics including real-world asset tokenisation, the role of Ethereum as infrastructure for tokenised assets, stablecoin risk following the USDC depeg during the 2023 banking crisis, and the risks associated with private asset tokenisation. He has argued publicly that blockchain technology is undergoing a structural shift from retail and cryptocurrency use toward institutional adoption, with applications spanning digital bonds, central bank digital currencies, and asset digitisation across sectors including finance and luxury goods. He has also addressed the intersection of cyber risk and digital finance, contributing to Moody's 2025 outlook on the digital economy. His published commentary spans outlets including CoinDesk and The Big Whale, and he has participated in Moody's Focus on Finance podcast series.

Mahesh Nair is Associate Managing Director, Data Strategy, Governance & Quality at Moody's Ratings, a position he has held since March 2026. In his prior role at the same firm as Senior Vice President from April 2021 to March 2026, his mandate covered Data Strategy, Data Products, Master Data Management, Data Governance, and Data Operations. He also served as a DeFi and Digital Assets Technology Champion and led the MIS Blockchain Center for Excellence during that period.

Nair has 24 years of professional experience in Data Management, Business Intelligence, and Analytics within the financial services and insurance industries. His areas of focus include Customer Analytics, Data Governance, and Master Data Management. He has worked across both B2C and B2B domains and has held roles spanning developer, technical lead, business analyst, and product manager. Prior to Moody's, he served as Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he held two successive roles: Treasury CIO Chief Data Office from April 2018 to April 2019, followed by Executive Director, Data Management & Analytics, Finance & T CIO CDO, from April 2019 to April 2021. He has appeared as a guest on The Data Standard podcast, where he discussed data governance strategy and the challenges organizations face in implementing it. The source content references a degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in the existing biography, but this detail does not appear in the retrieved source material and is therefore omitted.

Marat Faritov is Vice President – Senior Analyst, Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings, based in Frankfurt. His primary responsibilities include blockchain analysis, digital asset risk assessment, and integration of blockchain infrastructure. He has participated as a speaker on digital bond analysis, including Moody's coverage of Mirae Asset Securities' first digitally native notes, and has contributed to discussions on digital technologies in the real economy.

Faritov joined Moody's in 2014 and has held a series of roles within the firm. He served as Lead Data Analyst from 2015 to 2018, then progressed through Manager and Senior Manager positions in Analytic Data, where he led a team of financial data analysts covering Structured Finance. He moved into blockchain-focused analysis in April 2022 as AVP Blockchain Analyst, covering both Frankfurt and New York, before being promoted to his current VP – Senior Analyst role in November 2024. He has been involved in the blockchain space since 2016. Prior to Moody's, he held roles at TNT Express in Moscow and completed an internship at Deutsche Telekom in Bonn. He holds a degree in Applied Mathematics and a Master's in Economics.