Bio

Thomas Cahill is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley and Co-Head of Morgan Stanley’s Tactical Value Investing Team (MSTV). Mr. Cahill joined Morgan Stanley in 1990. Prior to joining MSTV in January 2017, he was the Global Head of the Asset Finance Group, which consists of all credit based structured finance products within the Global Capital Markets (GCM) platform. Previously, Mr. Cahill was the head of the Debt Products Group of GCM, and had responsibility for Aircraft Finance, Equipment Finance, Liability Management, Structured Corporates and Private Placements. During his career, he has focused on the area of Equipment Finance and is a recognized leader in the development, structuring, and execution of secured debt transactions involving aircraft, locomotives, rolling stock, ships, power generation facilities, cell towers and real estate. Mr. Cahill was a founding member of Morgan Stanley’s Aircraft Finance effort and the inventor of Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETCs). He was also the creator of PhaRMASM, a product designed to monetize drug royalty streams, as well as the designer of the current industry standard platform of cell tower securitizations. Mr. Cahill was a member of the Global Capital Markets Management Committee and the Investment Banking Division Management Committee. He graduated with highest honors from Lehigh University in 1985 with a B.S. in Engineering Physics, with high honors with a B.A. in Mathematics in 1986 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Tau Beta Pi honor societies. In 1990 Mr. Cahill received an M.B.A. from the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD). He is a member of the Advisory Council of the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital.