Mercedes Fernandez Elias

Partner and Managing Director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management

Speaker

Mercedes is an Investment Committee member and Partner for the Morgan Stanley Private Equity Secondaries team and has 17 years of industry experience. Prior to her current role, Mercedes headed AIP Private Markets' investment platform in Europe, working across primaries, co-investments, and secondaries. Mercedes started her career as a management consultant at KPMG, advising private equity funds and corporations on strategy, mergers and acquisitions and operational issues. Mercedes received a B.S. and MSc. with highest honors in industrial engineering from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and an M.B.A. with honors in finance and management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.