Ruth Porat

• Chief Financial Officer, Morgan Stanley, USA

BA, Stanford Univ.; MSc, London School of Economics; MBA (Hons), Wharton School. Two years at Price Waterhouse. 1987, joined Morgan Stanley in the M&A Department; helped establish the firm's corporate finance effort covering financial sponsors; led the firm's Equity Capital Markets technology business and 1996-2000, Co-Head, Global Technology Group; 2003-09, Vice-Chairman, Investment Banking; 2006-09, Global Head, Financial Institutions Group; since January 2010, EVP and CFO. On the Operating and Management Committees and reports to the President and CEO. Member, US Treasury's Borrowing Advisory Committee. On the Board of Trustees, Stanford University and on Stanford's Advisory Council for the School of Humanities and Sciences. Vice-Chair, Business Committee, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Member: Economic Club of New York; Council on Foreign Relations.