Melissa James

About Melissa James

Experienced Vice Chair with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services…

Experience

1. Vice Chairman and Managing Director Global Capital Markets

   Morgan Stanley

   Sep 2016 — Present

   Melissa James is a Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley in Global Capital Markets where she currently Co Heads the ESG Center for Excellence working to bring domain expertise around ESG to capital markets and investment banking clients across debt, equity and M&A. Melissa has worked with numerous clients across sectors on strategy formulation and implementation around environmental, social and governance matters. Her work includes advising emerging growth companies on ESG stewardship in preparation for going public as well as structuring and executing ESG labeled capital raises and helping companies think through their capital allocation decisions with an ESG lens. Melissa also oversees capital, liquidity and balance sheet management across Global Capital Markets including running CCAR planning for the division. In addition she provides risk management oversight and governance for GCM’s lending business. Prior to her current responsibilities, Melissa held a number of leadership positions including Global Head of Loan Products where she managed over $80 billion of loan commitments for the firm’s clients. She also Chaired the firm’s Capital Commitment Committee and ran the industrial origination effort in Debt Capital Markets where she had responsibility for managing relationships with some of the firm’s largest industrial clients. Melissa sits on the Global Capital Markets Operating Committee. She is a member of the Asset Liability Committee for the Securities Division, the Securities Division’s Diversity Council and Morgan Stanley’s Women’s Business Alliance Steering Committee. Melissa has been recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the “Top 75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street” and as one of the “50 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America”. The Network Journal has recognized her as one of the “25 Influential Black Women in Business”. She has a BA degree from Yale and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Education

• Yale University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Economics

• Harvard University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management, General

Skills

• Securities
• Management
• Hedge Funds
• Capital Markets
• Investments
• Private Equity
• Risk Management
• Valuation
• Investment Banking
• Corporate Finance
• Financial Modeling
• Fixed Income
• Alternative Investments
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Equities