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Moody’s appoints Gong Cheng as chief credit officer for Asia-Pacific

Moody’s Investors Service has appointed Gong Cheng as chief credit officer for Asia-Pacific (APAC), where he also serves as managing director for the agency’s APAC Credit Strategy and Research Group.

Based in Hong Kong SAR, China, Gong is responsible for developing Moody’s views on emerging risks, conducting cross-sector macro research and aligning credit views across various industry sectors in the region.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Gong had worked extensively in the public sector since 2010, including the Bank for International Settlements, European Stability Mechanism and Banque de France, the French central bank. He led policy and research work on green finance, Asian economies, crisis resolution and sovereign debt. He was a member of the Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System and led working groups on green and transition finance and central banks’ net-zero investments.

Gong holds a PhD in economics from Sciences Po Paris and master's degrees in finance and international political economy from Sciences Po Paris and London School of Economics. He has published extensively on topics such as net zero transition, climate finance, sovereign debt restructuring and fiscal and monetary policies.

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