Wendy Cheong is Managing Director-Regional Head of Asia Pacific (APAC) for Moody’s Ratings, and CEO of Moody’s Ratings Singapore.

As Moody’s senior representative in APAC, Wendy is responsible for regional operations, strategy, support functions and regulatory relations. She is an executive board member for all of Moody’s Ratings’ entities in APAC and a non-executive director for its domestic rating agency affiliates in China, India, Korea, Malaysia and Vietnam.

In addition to her regional role, Wendy is part of Moody’s global operating committee.

During her 15 years at Moody’s, Wendy has held global and regional roles in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore, including as Chief of Staff for Moody’s CEO and Head of Strategy for APAC.

Before joining Moody’s, Wendy held senior strategy, sales and marketing positions at Prudential plc and Singapore Telecoms.

With a passion for philanthropy and gender equality, she was previously on the Board of the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network and acted as Moody’s global executive sponsor for the Women’s BRG from 2020 to 2023.

Wendy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore.