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Michael Nirschl

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Chief Platform Officer at Neuberger
📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States

Michael Nirschl is the Chief Platform Officer at Neuberger Berman, where he leads technology, operations, data, and AI. His career has spanned from a PhD in Theoretical Physics and senior machine learning roles at Google to executive positions, including CIO and CDO at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

His interests point towards strategic management and leadership, evidenced by his favorite books on process improvement and empowering teams, such as "The Goal" and "Turn the ship around!". During his PhD at Cambridge, he was active in the Darwin College Student Association.

Unique fact: He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics and published research on Superconformal theories before moving into machine learning and finance.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Chief Platform Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
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AI's Business Impact
His current work explores whether AI can create compounding capacity for a business, moving beyond simple cost reduction to enable tailored client solutions at scale.
Data as Growth Lever
He champions the view that data and technology are core operating levers that directly drive profitable growth and deepen client relationships in financial services.
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Career

Work history

7-2026
Chief Platform Officer
Neuberger
10-2024 - 5-2026
Managing Director - Chief Information Officer of MSIM
Morgan Stanley
6-2019 - 10-2024
Managing Director - Chief Data & Analytics Officer of MSIM
Morgan Stanley
2018 - 2019
Senior Machine Learning SWE
Google
2015 - 2018
Senior Research Engineer - Co Tech Lead
Google
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Education
2001 - 2005
PhD
University of Cambridge
2000 - 2001
MASt / Part III
University of Cambridge
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