William D. Hirshorn

Global Head of Shared Services and Banking Operations
Head of Americas Branch Operations
Morgan Stanley

Bill Hirshorn is a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley and the Global Head of Shared Services and Banking Operations as well as the Regional Head of Americas Branch Operations. During his career, Bill held leadership roles across a variety of disciplines including Technology, Strategy, Risk Management and Change Management. He’s been an Operations executive for two decades leading global functions such as Commodities Operations, Clearing Operations and Treasury Services. He assumed responsibility for Morgan Stanley’s Americas Branch Operations in 2011 and Global Shared Services and Banking Operations in 2021.

Bill graduated from Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts and received an MBA in Finance from NYU Stern School of Business. Bill holds Trustee positions at DTCC and The Children’s Village. He is also on the Executive Committee of The Transplant Forum at Columbia University Medical Center.

Bill and his wife Hope live in West Harrison, New York and have 6 children.