NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) announced today that Liz Zale has been appointed Vice President -- Investor Relations for the Corporation.

Ms Zale, who previously served as Assistant Vice President -- Investor Relations, will now lead all investor relations activities, including communications and outreach to Moody's global community of shareholders.

Prior to joining Moody's, Ms Zale led Investor Relations at DealerTrack Holdings where she was responsible for investor relations strategy and execution. Previously, she held various marketing communications, strategy consulting and publishing positions at Columbia University, IBM, Time Warner and Houghton Mifflin Company. She holds a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College.

About Moody's Corporation

Moody's is an essential component of the global capital markets, providing credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that contribute to transparent and integrated financial markets. Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities, and Moody's Analytics, encompassing the growing array of Moody's non-ratings businesses including Moody's KMV, a provider of quantitative credit analysis tools, Moody's Economy.com, which provides economic research and data services, and Moody's Wall Street Analytics, a provider of software for structured finance analytics. The Corporation, which reported revenue of $2.3 billion in 2007, employs approximately 3,600 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 29 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com.

    Source: Moody's Corporation