Morgan Stanley’s Kathy Birk is a by-the-book ‘maverick’
When Kathy Birk retires next month as manager of Morgan Stanley’s local operations, she’ll achieve a rare milestone in a stressful industry where most people wash out or get fired first.
When Kathy Birk retires next month as manager of Morgan Stanley’s local operations, she’ll achieve a rare milestone in a stressful industry where most people wash out or get fired first.
Kathy Birk oversaw two brokerage-firm offices when she was a Forty Under 40 honoree. Now, she’s responsible for 10 covering Indiana and part of Illinois, 200 brokers “and a lot more challenges than the old job.”