Henry Fernandez

Henry Fernandez

Chairman and CEO at MSCI Inc.

MSCI Inc.New York, NY

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Experience50+ Years
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Executive Overview

As MSCI’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Fernandez has led the firm for over two decades to its position today as a premier provider of indexes and portfolio construction and risk management tools for institutional investors. Headquartered in New York, and with 32 offices in 21 countries, MSCI is a central connecting point for the global investment industry. MSCI’s clients are the world’s largest investors, including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, asset managers, mutual funds, ETF providers, hedge funds, and banks. The firm has pursued a successful growth strategy, both organically and through the acquisition of market-leading brands such as Barra and RiskMetrics, and by developing an integrated set of industry-standard offerings to meet the rapidly-changing needs of sophisticated global investors. Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Fernandez was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, where he worked in emerging markets business strategy, equity derivatives sales and trading, mergers and acquisitions, mortgage-backed securities and corporate finance. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he was President of private equity firm HispaniMedia, Inc. and he founded Ferco Partners, Inc., a private equity investment firm in Mexico. Early in his career, he was a diplomat at the Embassy of Nicaragua in Washington, DC. Mr. Fernandez has a BA in economics from Georgetown University, an MBA from Stanford University, and pursued doctoral studies in economics at Princeton University.

Career Timeline

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Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Stanford University Graduate School of Business

Doctoral studies

Economics

Princeton University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

Economics

Georgetown University

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