Harold Ford Jr.
Former Congressman; Managing Director, Morgan Stanley; Professor, NYU Wagner School of Public Policy
Harold Ford Jr. is a managing director and senior client relationship manager across the Institutional Securities Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Morgan Stanley Investment Management. He works with senior coverage officers to broaden and deepen client relationships. Ford served five terms in the U.S. Congress representing the 9th district of Tennessee. First elected in 1996, he sat on the House Financial Services, Budget and Education committees. Ford teaches part-time at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service and is a frequent contributor to NBC News. He is a board member at Lincoln Center, the Posse Foundation, Weill Cornell Medical College and America's Promise. Ford is also an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from the University of Michigan.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.