James Morphis is an Executive Director of Morgan Stanley and a member of the Morgan Stanley Private Credit team, where he focuses on originating and underwriting investment opportunities. Mr. Morphis joined Morgan Stanley in 2016 and has over 13 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Morphis structured, marketed and placed private debt and equity capital as part of Houlihan Lokey’s Capital Markets Group. Prior to Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Morphis was an Assistant Vice President at GE Capital Markets in their leveraged finance business, structuring, marketing and syndicating leveraged loans. Mr. Morphis was also an analyst at M&T Bank, where he underwrote middle market credit facilities, conducting fundamental credit analysis and performing detailed financial modeling. Mr. Morphis holds a B.A. from the University of Rochester and an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.