James P. Gorman

James P. Gorman
Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley

Mr. Gorman is Chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley. Mr. Gorman became CEO in January 2010 and Chairman in January 2012. He joined the Firm in February 2006 and was named Co-President in December 2007. Before joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Gorman held a succession of executive positions at Merrill Lynch. Prior to this, he was a senior partner of McKinsey & Co. and began his career as an attorney in Melbourne, Australia. Among his civic activities, Mr. Gorman serves as a Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Chair of the Board of Overseers of the Columbia Business School, and is a member of the Financial Services Forum, Business Council and the Business Roundtable.

He formerly served as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, President of the Federal Advisory Council to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Co-Chairman of the Partnership for New York City, Chairman of the Board of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association and Co-Chairman of the Business Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mr. Gorman, who was born in Australia, earned a B.A. and Law degree from the University of Melbourne and an M.B.A. from Columbia University.

Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley we connect capital to ideas so businesses can grow and new products can be created. Everything we do at Morgan Stanley is guided by our five core values: Do the right thing, put clients first, lead with exceptional ideas, commit to diversity and inclusion, and give back. Dedicated to local and global communities since 1935, our firm was founded with a commitment to the community as our guiding principle. And we’ve been making a difference ever since. We help people, businesses and institutions build, preserve and manage wealth so they can pursue their financial goals. At Morgan Stanley, we connect capital to ideas so that businesses can grow, new products can be created, and communities can thrive. Even in today’s well-developed markets, access to capital is uneven, and investors miss opportunities to fund potentially successful ventures in underserved populations. Through our inclusive access and opportunity initiative, we aim to help broaden access to capital for multicultural and female innovators, and spotlight others who are succeeding in investing in this space.”