Rui de Figueiredo

Dr. Rui de Figueiredo is a Co-Head & CIO of Solutions & Multi-Asset Group at Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP.
Additionally, he is a member of the Global Investment Committee and of the Investment Management Operating Committee, and Chairman of Investment Management’s Sustainability Council.
He has over 27 years of industry experience.
Prior to his current role, he provided investment leadership to the Portfolio Solutions Group and Hedge Fund Solutions team within Investment Management.
Prior to joining the firm in 2007, Mr. De Figueiredo led Research on behalf of Citi Alternative Investments.
In this capacity, he developed and implemented leading-edge research on portfolio strategy with alternative investments for proprietary and client portfolios.
Earlier, he was a case leader at the Boston Consulting Group and an associate at the Alliance Consulting Group, both business strategy consulting firms.
He has published in finance, economics, law and political science journals.
Additionally, he is Associate Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School and was previously an Associate Professor (with tenure) at the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley.
His research there focuses on game theoretic and econometric analysis of institutions.
He holds an AB degree from Harvard University, and a PhD and two master’s degrees from Stanford University.