Jason Wood

Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

Jason Wood is a Managing Director with the Morgan Stanley Next Level Fund, focused on investments in Women-led and Multicultural Founded Early-Stage companies.  He has over 20 years of finance industry experience as both a principal investor and as a corporate advisor.  

Most recently before joining Morgan Stanley, Jason spent six years leading AIG’s Direct Equity, Venture Capital and Private Equity Co-investment business, with responsibility for sourcing transactions, executing on high conviction investment opportunities and overseeing the investment management process.  Prior to that, Jason was a Director with Zurich Alternative Asset Management, where he was responsible for the private equity co-investment and primary fund commitment business.  Earlier in his career, he served as a Vice President at Parish Capital Advisors, investing in and alongside Diverse and Emerging managers, and as an investment banking Associate with Merrill Lynch & Co. 

Jason earned a BBA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from NYU Stern, where he was a Consortium Fellow.   He recently served as Treasurer and Chair of the Executive Committee for Common Denominator, a New York based non-profit focused on improving middle school students’ math and critical thinking skills.