Elena Okorochenko is a Managing Director and the Head of Asia-Pacific at S&P Global Ratings. Based in Singapore, Elena is responsible for developing strategy, driving business growth and enhancing relationships with regulators, issuers, investors and other key stakeholders across Asia-Pacific. Elena chairs the regional Ratings Executive Committee and S&P Global's APAC Governance Group. She is a board member of various S&P Global entities and subsidiaries in the region, including TRIS in Thailand and TRC in Taiwan. Elena represents S&P Global as a spokesperson at international conferences on the topics of credit ratings, emerging market economies and development of Asia's capital markets. Elena's previous role with S&P Global Ratings was the General Manager and Head of the Financial Services, Sovereign and Structured Finance Ratings teams across Asia-Pacific. Previously, she was based in London, where she headed Central and East European Public Finance Ratings. Elena started her career in risk management at Credit Suisse First Boston in Moscow. Elena holds a bachelor's degree in economics from Moscow State University and a master's degree with honours in economics from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.