Rui is head of the Solutions & Multi-Asset Group, overseeing businesses that offer multi-asset, alternative, sustainable and specialty solutions. He is a member of the Morgan Stanley Global Investment Committee and the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Operating Committee as well as a senior sponsor of the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Sustainability Council.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2007, Rui led research on behalf of Citi Alternative Investments, developing and implementing leading-edge research on portfolio strategy with alternative investments. He also has strategy consulting experience from his time at Boston Consulting Group and Alliance Consulting Group. He has over 25 years of financial services experience.

Rui has published extensively in finance, economics, law and political science journals. He is a tenured professor at the Graduate School and an associate professor (emeritus) at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. Rui holds an AB degree from Harvard University, and a PhD and two master’s degrees from Stanford University.