Mehdi Alighanbari
Executive Director, MSCI Research & Development
Mehdi Alighanbari leads private-asset index research and product development. The team conducts proprietary research and strategic product development to address clients’ investment problems across private equity, credit and real assets. Previously, he led the firm’s equity index research and he was as an equity derivatives strategist at Deutsche Bank. Mehdi holds a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and master’s degrees in electrical engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, and operations research.