James A. Runde is a Wall Street veteran specializing in strategic and financial advice.

Career

James A. Runde is a Special Advisor and a former Vice-Chairman of Morgan Stanley. Throughout his 33-year career with the firm, he has worked on mergers, privatizations, and restructurings, with a focus on the transportation and infrastructure industries. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment bank, retail broker, and credit card provider headquartered in New York City. ...

Since 2006, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of The Kroger Co., one of the nation’s largest grocery retail chains. He also served on the Board of Directors of Burlington Resources. Kroger Co. ... Burlington Resources, NYSE: BR) is an independent American oil and gas company. ...

In addition, he serves as a trustee of The Morgan Library & Museum.

Life

One of ten children, Runde grew up in Sparta, Wisconsin. A NROTC scholarship helped him through Marquette University, and following his graduation he served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for five years on the staff of Admiral Rickover. The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps commissions individiuals into either the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps. ... Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States of America. ...

He graduated from Marquette University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1969. James Runde continues to be involved with his alma mater. In 2000, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of Marquette. Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States of America. ... Electrical Engineers design power systems… … and complex electronic circuits. ...

He also earned a master’s degree from the George Washington University School of Business.   See Washington University (disambiguation) for institutions with similar names. ...

Citations and References

Fate delivers for Jim Runde UPS deal the culmination of Sparta native's diligence, luck Author: AVRUM D. LANK Journal Sentinel staff Publication: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Publish Date: November 21, 1999 Word Count: 1982 Document ID: 0EB82D4267390487

In the spring of 1969, Jim Runde's life was equal parts promise and peril. The 22-year-old from Sparta was engaged to be married, and he held an engineering degree from Marquette University in one hand and a fellowship to the graduate program at the Harvard Business School in the other. There was only one problem: He also held a commission in the Navy, the result of attending college on a Naval ROTC scholarship, a financial necessity given that his parents were schoolteachers.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The, Jan 23, 2004 Runde to join board of Burlington Resources

James A. Runde has been elected to the board of Burlington Resources Inc., Houston. He is a native of Sparta and a graduate of Marquette University, on whose board he now serves.

Runde has worked for Morgan Stanley for 30 years and recently became a special adviser to the firm after serving as a vice chairman of its investment banking division.

James A. Runde appointed to The Kroger Co. Board of Directors in 2006. [1]