Andrew Harmstone

Andrew is a portfolio manager for the Global Asset Allocation team. He joined Morgan Stanley in 2008 and has 30 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining the Firm, Andrew worked at Bear Stearns as head of European Equity Quantitative Research. Previously, he headed European Equity Derivatives and Quantitative Research at Lehman Brothers. While at Lehman, Andrew was voted first place in Derivatives Research in Europe in the 2004 Institutional Investor survey. Andrew has also worked as the head of Product Development at Credit Suisse and had held various positions including the European head of Structured Derivatives and US head of the Futures and Options Group at JP Morgan Investment Management. He was also consultant to the Presidential Task Force on Market Mechanisms investigating the 1987 Market Break. Andrew received a MA in business economics from University of Pennsylvania, U.S. and a BA (Honors) in economics from University of Wisconsin.