David Nichols

Dave has spent 15 years in the finance industry with Morgan Stanley in a variety of positions and locations. Currently as Executive Director and Chief Administrative Office of MSIM Japan, Dave serves as the Chairman of the cross functional risk management committee and is responsible for the firm’s operational, technical, risk legal and compliance infrastructure as well as serving on MSIM Japan’s Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. During the course of his tenure at Morgan Stanley Dave served in a number of strategy, risk and control related areas including, MSIM’s Strategic Planning Group, Institutional Securities collateral management, counterparty/credit risk, operational risk management and management accounting. Dave has a BA in International Studies from the University of Washington and an MBA from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.