As head of private-capital research at MSCI, Luis O’Shea oversees research engagements with clients, the writing of research papers and the research and design of analytical models on the private-capital platform. Before joining Burgiss, which MSCI acquired in 2023, he held a series of research roles at BlackRock, Axioma, RiskMetrics and McKinsey & Company. Luis holds an undergraduate degree in mathematics and physics from University College Dublin and a doctorate in mathematics from Cornell University.