MSCI Private Assets Summit 2026

Executive Director, Head of Private Credit Product, MSCI

Karim Berichi is Head of Private Credit Product at MSCI.  Karim was most recently Americas’ Regional Head for Moody’s Analytics Predictive Analytics division and a member of its Product Management and Strategy leadership team.  At Moody’s, Karim was heavily involved in the Private Credit space, especially as it related to providing integrated risk assessment solutions to direct lenders and asset managers on their private credit portfolios.   Prior to joining Moody’s, Karim had a diversified career, holding leadership roles in banking, investment management, and risk analytics, including positions at BlackRock, Bloomberg and Stifel Nicolaus.

Head of Private Assets, MSCI

Luke Flemmer is head of Private Assets at MSCI. In this role, he is responsible for building, scaling and overseeing our private assets business, leading commercial strategy and product development.

Previously, Luke served as managing director, head of digital strategy for alternative investments at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, and was co-founder and CEO of Lab49, a global solutions provider of investment and risk technology to asset managers and investment banks.

When the ION Group acquired Lab49, Luke became co-head of ION’s Capital Markets division, delivering software and solutions to the group’s global financial services customer base.

Earlier in his career, Flemmer worked in the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence. He is a CFA® charterholder.

Ashley Lester

Chief Research Officer, MSCI

Ashley Lester leads the development of MSCI’s research across the company’s wide range of product lines and clients. He was previously the founding head of systematic investments at Schroders, where he led a team managing over USD 30 billion in equity-factor and sustainability strategies. Before Schroders, Ashley served as MSCI’s head of fixed-income and multi-asset-class research. He holds a doctorate in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Economics (with first-class honors and the university medal) from the University of Sydney.

Managing Director, Private Assets, MSCI

Ben Page-Fort is a Managing Director at MSCI, where he serves as Head of Americas Private Assets and Global Total Plan Product Manager.

He joined the firm in 2024 to lead the integration of Burgiss and Caissa into what is now Private Capital Solutions. In his current role, Ben oversees the strategic direction and execution of the Total Plan (legacy Caissa) platform within Private Assets solutions, driving innovation, integration, and operational excellence across the platform.

With more than 15 years of experience delivering technology solutions across front, middle, and back-office functions, Ben has a proven track record of advancing investment and operational outcomes for buy-side institutions. Prior to joining MSCI, he was part of the corporate strategy team at SimCorp. Earlier in his career, he led Nasdaq’s Asset Owner Solutions business and held roles at Algorithmics, now part of SS&C.

Ben received his bachelor's degree and master's in business administration from the University of Connecticut.

Executive Director, Private Assets, MSCI

Executive Director, Private Assets, MSCI

Vice President, Research & Development, MSCI

Patrick’s research covers a broad range of topics across private market strategies, including performance, cash flow management and risk. He previously worked in commodity research at IHS Markit, and before that, as a research affiliate at MIT studying firm behavior. He holds a master’s degree from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington, both in economics.