Moody’s Corporation Elects Carlton Charles Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Operational Risk Officer

April 20, 2011

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Moody’s Corporation announced today that Carlton Charles has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Operational Risk Officer, for the Corporation.

As the head of the global Corporate Treasury group, Mr. Charles manages the company’s financial risk, oversees funding activities, monitors the performance of retirement plan assets, oversees Moody’s share repurchase program and manages the company’s cash flow and investment activities. In addition, he helps lead enterprise risk efforts across Moody’s.

“Carlton’s guidance and expertise as Treasurer have given Moody’s an enviable balance sheet,” said Linda S. Huber, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Moody’s Corporation. “His focus on balancing the financing needs of our business with risk and liquidity considerations has helped us drive growth.”

Prior to joining Moody’s in December 2005 as Vice President, Treasurer, Mr. Charles served as Assistant Treasurer and Director, Enterprise Risk Management, for International Paper and held various finance and sales positions at Altria, Viacom, Seagram and Dean Witter Capital Markets.

Mr. Charles is a member of the Executive Leadership Council. He has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago as well as a Master of Science in Public Policy and a Bachelor of Science in Quantitative Economics, both from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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, which offers leading-edge software, advisory services and research for credit and economic analysis and financial risk management. The Corporation, which reported revenue of $2 billion in 2010, employs approximately 4,500 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 26 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com.

 

Source: Moody’s Corporation