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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.

Michael O'Grady is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Trust, a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Mike joined Northern Trust in 2011 from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he served as a managing director in the firm's Investment Banking Group. He joined Merrill Lynch in 1992. Prior to Merrill Lynch, Mike worked for Price Waterhouse. Mike earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the boards of the Field Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Catholic Extension and the Northwestern Medical Group Board of Directors. He also serves on the Finance Council of the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Board of Advisors of Catholic Charities, and the Civic Committee Commercial Club of Chicago.

Greg has been a champion of the innovation economy since he joined Silicon Valley Bank in 1993 as a banker to fast-growing technology companies. Today, he is the CEO of the world’s only bank dedicated to the innovation sector around the world.

Bill was appointed Group Chief Executive of Standard Chartered PLC in June 2015 and Chief Executive of Standard Chartered Bank in April 2019. Bill is a career banker with significant frontline global banking experience and a proven track record of leadership and financial success. He has extensive experience of working in emerging markets and a proven record in spotting and nurturing talent. Bill began his career with JP Morgan, where he went on to become one of its top five most senior executives and later co-chief executive officer at the investment bank from 2004 until he stepped down in 2009. Bill was invited to be a committee member of the Independent Commission on Banking, established in 2010, to recommend ways to improve competition and financial stability in banking. Subsequently, he served as an advisor to the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards and was asked by the Court of the Bank of England to complete an independent review of the bank’s liquidity operations. In 2011, Bill founded Renshaw Bay, an alternative asset management firm, where he was chairman and CEO. He stepped down on appointment to the Standard Chartered PLC Board. Bill was previously a non-executive director of Pension Insurance Corporation plc and RIT Capital Partners plc. He received a CBE in 2013.

MUSA Sir DR IR FEROZ is a CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (ASEAN) at Boeing, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (ASEAN) at BP, and CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER at SITIMAS SDN BHD ( BRUNEI DARUSSALAM) and is based in Johor, Malaysia, Johor, Malaysia. He works or has worked as OWNER/PRESIDENT/PRINCIPAL at INTERNATIONAL WORLD BANK FUND, CHIEF EXECUTIVE MARKETING(ASEAN) at Dakota Air Parts International Inc, and OWNER/PRESIDENT/PRINCIPAL at INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN BANKER GROUPS. Musa attended Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago Campus between 1996 and 2005; Regent's University London between 1991 and 1995; and American University School of International Service between 2000 and 2017.