✨ RSVP! Ascend UCLA x ex-Barclays & Morgan Stanley Managing Director Fireside Chat ✨

We are incredibly honored to welcome Ms. Ann Callison — Board Director and former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley & Barclays — for a special fireside chat hosted by Ascend at UCLA 🤍

With 30 years of experience across the US and UK financial services sector, Ann has led major transformation efforts across technology, operations, regulation, and culture. At Barclays in London, she served as Head of Strategic Change, overseeing £2.2Bn in strategic investment impacting 20,000+ colleagues, and Head of Corporate Banking Operations, leading a global team of 2,000+ people. Prior to that, she spent nineteen years at Morgan Stanley in New York and London across Technology, Operations, Risk, Regulatory, and Firm Management, driving enterprise-wide transformation initiatives 🌍🏛️

Ann also brings a deeply human approach to leadership and life transitions. She received her B.S. in Biology from UCLA and her MBA from NYU Stern, serves on the Board of the Business Council for Peace, and sits on UCLA’s Undergraduate Advisory Board.

Hosted by President of Ascend at UCLA, this fireside chat will be an open, candid conversation on Ann’s global journey, lessons from leading through complexity, and how students can cultivate resilience, self-awareness, and purpose as they navigate careers and life ✨

📅 Date: Monday, February 2, 2026

⏰ Time: 7:00–8:15 PM PT / 10:00–11:15 PM ET

📍 Location: Zoom

🔗 RSVP: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/VeCwY0MiSfyyYqWdGj5J3g or QR code in the image😁🎉

Find out more here (@ascenducla):

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