Christopher Morser is a managing director within the AIP Hedge Fund Solutions team. In this role, he focuses on managing individual customized hedge fund portfolios, overseeing the hedge fund advisory platform assets and managing the team responsible for delivering investment advice and client advisory activities. He joined Morgan Stanley Investment Management in 2006 and has 29 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he was at Valence Capital, where he was responsible for external manger supervision and due diligence and served as portfolio manager for a fund of hedge funds vehicle. Before Valence Capital, Chris worked at Citadel Investment Group as a trader/analyst on the global event driven desk focusing on special situations/equity restructuring. Previously, he was a portfolio manager/analyst in a Chicago family office, overseeing long-only portfolios and running a leveraged financial sector hedge fund. Chris received a B.S. in finance from Penn State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.