Matt Collins is a Managing Director & Co-Head of Securities Lending for the Americas at Morgan Stanley, based in New York. Matt joined the firm in 2010 and spent 8 years in London, mostly serving as the Head of Securities Lending for EMEA. Matt started his career in corporate finance at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein before moving to Société Générale’s equity finance trading team in 2004. Matt has served on the Bank of England’s Securities Lending Committee and as a non-executive director of both The International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) and EquiLend LLC. Matt holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics & Economic History from The University of York.