Stock: Moody's (MCO)Top Management and Board of DirectorsTop ManagementTop Management [Five top executives with tenure > 6 yrs]
Board Of DirectorsBoard Of Directors [Eight directors with tenure > 9 yrs]
Profiles of Top ManagementRob FauberCEO & President & Director Rob Fauber became President and Chief Executive Officer of Moody's Corporation on January 1, 2021 and was elected to the Board of Directors effective October 22, 2020. Mr. Fauber joined Moody's in 2005 and has held multiple leadership roles at Moody's. Until his appointment as CEO, he was Moody's Chief Operating Officer and drove strategic initiatives across the company. He served as President of Moody's Investors Service from 2016 to 2019 and was Head of Moody's Investors Service's Global Commercial Group from 2013 to 2016, overseeing relationship management, product development, and strategy for the rating agency. Mr. Fauber has also served as Head of Moody's Corporate Development. Prior to Moody's, he held roles in alternative investments, corporate strategy & business development, and investment banking at Citi. Mr. Fauber earned his B.A. in economics from the University of Virginia and his M.B.A. from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. He and his wife have two children. Vincent A. Forlenza Independent Chairman & Director Vincent A. Forlenza, age 64, has served as a director of Becton Dickinson since 2011 and became Chairman of its board in 2012. Mr. Forlenza has served as Becton Dickinson's Chief Executive Officer since 2011 and President from 2009 to April 2017. Prior to that, Mr. Forlenza served as Chief Operating Officer from July 2010 to October 2011. Mr. Forlenza joined Becton Dickinson in 1980 and served in a number of different capacities, including strategic planning, business development, research and development, and general management in each of Becton Dickinson's segments and in overseas roles. Mr. Forlenza is a member of the board of directors and former chairman of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), an international medical technology trade organization. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of The Valley Health System and a member of the Board of Directors of the Quest Autism Foundation. He previously served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Lehigh University from 2011 to 2017. Caroline Sullivan Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer Ms. Sullivan has served as the Company's Senior Vice President-Corporate Controller since December 2018. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Sullivan served in several roles at Bank of America, where her last position held was Managing Director and Global Banking Controller. Prior to that role, Ms. Sullivan supported the Global Wealth & Investment Management business from 2015 to 2017 in a variety of positions including Controller and was Chief Financial Officer for the Latin America region from 2014 to 2015. From 2011 to 2013, she served as the Legal Entity Controller for the bank's main broker dealer and other Merrill Lynch entities. Ms. Sullivan previously held various senior positions at several banks and a major accounting firm, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Shareholder Value: Creation of shareholder value in Moody's: Date of appointment: November 08, 2018 In the last 5 years the average annualized return to shareholders was 14.3%. The present value of $1,000 (PV1000) invested 5 years ago is now $1,949, a gain of $868 and dividend reinvested of $81. Steele Richard G Senior Vice President Richard Steele is General Counsel for Moody's Corporation, overseeing Moody's global Legal and Compliance functions. Mr. Steele joined Moody's KMV in 2006 as Chief Legal Officer and was named General Counsel of Moody's Analytics upon its formation in 2008. Prior to joining Moody's, Mr. Steele was a corporate lawyer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati in Silicon Valley where he represented a range of public and private high-tech companies in venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and capital markets transactions. He has also held senior in-house legal positions at several firms in financial technology, software and venture capital, including MSCI Barra. He served as a clerk to the Hon. David M. Ebel on the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. Mr. Steele received a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, and a J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco. Profiles of Board of DirectorsKathy HillDirector Kathryn M. Hill, age 60, is Chairman of the Compensation & Human Resources Committee and is a member of the Audit and Governance & Nominating Committees of the Board of Directors. Ms. Hill has over 30 years of experience in business management and leading engineering and operations organizations. Ms. Hill served in a number of positions at Cisco Systems, Inc. from 1997 to 2013, including, among others, Executive Advisor from 2011 to 2013, Senior Vice President, Development Strategy and Operations from 2009 to 2011, Senior Vice President, Access Networking and Services Group from 2008 to 2009 and Senior Vice President, Ethernet Systems and Wireless Technology Group from 2005 to 2008. Cisco designs, manufactures and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry and provides services associated with these products. Prior to Cisco, Ms. Hill had a number of engineering roles at various technology companies. Ms. Hill currently serves as a director of NetApp, Inc. (2013-present) and Celanese Corporation (July 2015-present). Shareholder Value: Creation of shareholder value in Moody's: Date of appointment: November 02, 2011 In the last 10 years the average annualized return to shareholders was 17.3%. The present value of $1,000 (PV1000) invested 10 years ago is now $4,944, a gain of $3,726 and dividend reinvested of $217. Therese Esperdy Director Ms. Therese Esperdy is Independent Director of the Company. She held various executive roles at JPMorgan Chase & Co. ("JPMorgan") from 1997 through 2015, including Global Chairman of Financial Institutions Group, Co-Head of Banking, Asia Pacific, and Head of Global Debt Capital Markets. Prior to her time at JPMorgan, Ms Esperdy started her banking career at Lehman Brothers. She currently serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director at National Grid plc (March 2014-present) and is on the Board of National Grid USA (May 2015-present). Ms Esperdy also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Imperial Brands PLC (July 2016-present). Jorge A. Bermudez Director Jorge A. Bermudez, age 65, is a member of the Audit, Governance & Nominating and Compensation & Human Resources Committees of the Board of Directors. He served as Chief Risk Officer of Citigroup, Inc., a global financial services company, from November 2007 to March 2008. Before serving as Chief Risk Officer, Mr. Bermudez was Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup's Commercial Business Group in North America and Citibank Texas from 2005 to 2007. He served as Senior Advisor, Citigroup International from 2004 to 2006, as Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup Latin America from 2002 to 2004, Chief Executive Officer, eBusiness, Global Cash Management and Trade from 1998 to 2002 and Head of Citibank Corporate and Investment Bank, South America from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Bermudez joined Citigroup in 1975 and held leadership positions in other divisions, including equity investments, credit policy and corporate banking from 1984 to 1996. Mr. Bermudez currently is a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (2012-present) and a member of the Texas A&M Foundation Board of Trustees (2014-present). He served as a director of Citibank N.A. from 2005 to 2008, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Houston Branch from 2009 to 2011, the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University from 2006 to 2012, the American Institute of Architects for the entirety of 2015, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas from 2010 to 2016 and as Chairman of the Community Foundation of Brazos Valley from July 2013 to July 2014. Leslie F. Seidman Director Leslie F. Seidman, age 54, is Chairman of the Audit Committee and is a member of the Executive, Governance & Nominating and Compensation & Human Resources Committees of the Board of Directors. Ms. Seidman has over 30 years of experience in the accounting profession, serving as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) from 2003-2013, and as Chairman for approximately the last three years of her term. During her tenure, the FASB established numerous accounting standards relating to financial instruments, including securitizations, derivatives and credit losses and worked with regulators and policy makers in the U.S., and in other major capital markets to develop consistent accounting standards. Previously, Ms. Seidman was the founder and managing member of a financial reporting consulting firm that served global financial institutions, law firms and accounting firms. From 1987 to 1996, Ms. Seidman served as Vice President, Accounting Policy and in other roles at J.P. Morgan & Company, Inc. (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and from 1984 to 1987, Ms. Seidman served as an auditor for Arthur Young & Co. (now Ernst & Young, LLP). She is currently the Executive Director of the Center for Excellence in Financial Reporting at Pace University's Lubin School of Business and a Public Governor for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where she chairs the Audit Committee and serves on the Regulatory Policy and Nominations and Governance Committees. Bruce Van Saun Director Bruce Van Saun, age 59, is a member of the Audit, Governance & Nominating and Compensation & Human Resources Committees of the Board of Directors. He has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a large regional bank, since October 2013. He joined Citizens from the Royal Bank of Scotland, a global banking and financial services group. He led Citizens to a successful initial public offering in September 2014, and full independence from RBS in October 2015. At RBS, Mr. Van Saun served as Group Finance Director and as an executive director on the RBS board from 2009 to 2013. Prior to that, Mr. Van Saun held a number of senior positions with Bank of New York and later Bank of New York Mellon over an 11-year period. As Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer he was actively involved in the strategic transformation of Bank of New York from a diversified regional bank into a focused global securities servicer and asset manager. Earlier in his more than 30-year financial services career, he held senior positions with Deutsche Bank, Wasserstein Perella Group and Kidder Peabody & Co. Mr. Van Saun has served on a number of boards in both the U.S. and the U.K. He currently sits on the Financial Advisory Council and is a member of The Clearing House Supervisory Board. He also serves on the boards of the National Constitution Center, the Partnership for Rhode Island and Jobs for Massachusetts. He has previously served on the boards of The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and National Westminster Bank, plc, each an RBS affiliate, from October 2009 to September 2013, Direct Line Insurance Group plc from April 2012 to October 2013 and WorldPay (Ship Midco Limited) from July 2011 to October 2013, and on the franchise board of Lloyd's of London from September 2012 to May 2016. Shareholder Value: Creation of shareholder value in Moody's: Date of appointment: March 01, 2016 In the last 5 years the average annualized return to shareholders was 14.3%. The present value of $1,000 (PV1000) invested 5 years ago is now $1,949, a gain of $868 and dividend reinvested of $81. |