10 Morgan Stanley executives
Morgan Stanley's regional and legal-entity leadership makes up most of this group: the CEO of Morgan Stanley Europe SE and Morgan Stanley Bank AG, the president of the US Banks, the CFO of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC and the chief operating officers for EMEA, Asia and MENA. Five carry a chief operating officer title and all ten are in current roles, the right mix for a bank or vendor asking how a global firm runs its regional entities, operations and technology.
Professionals to explore
André Munkelt, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Executive Officer · Morgan Stanley
André Munkelt has been Chief Executive Officer at Morgan Stanley since 2024, as CEO and Chair of the Management Boards at Morgan Stanley Europe SE and Morgan Stanley Bank AG, per the role description. From 2019 to 2024 André was CRO and Member of the Executive Board at the same two entities, and earlier held Vice President (2007–2010), Executive Director (2011–2014) and Managing Director (2015–2019) at the firm, a fit for questions on running a European banking subsidiary.
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Anjan Gupta
LinkedInExperience: Executive Director & Co-CEO - Global Markets Group · Morgan Stanley
Anjan Gupta is Executive Director & Co-CEO - Global Markets Group at Morgan Stanley (since 2023) and was Executive Director & COO - Global Markets Group from 2007 to 2023. Outside the firm Anjan has mentored with Startup India and the Atal Innovation Mission's Atal Incubation Centre since 2020, useful for questions on moving from COO to co-CEO of a markets business.
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Brenda Sirena
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Global Operations · Morgan Stanley
In March 2026 Brenda Sirena became Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Global Operations at Morgan Stanley, having held COO of Global Operations from 2017 to 2020. The years between brought Managing Director, COO of Global Diversity and Inclusion and Institute of Inclusion (2020–2021), Managing Director, Head of HR for Finance (2021–2022) and Managing Director, COO of WM Platforms (2022–2026), the right background for COO questions across operations and wealth platforms.
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Christopher Beatty
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer EMEA · Morgan Stanley
Christopher Beatty has been Chief Operating Officer EMEA at Morgan Stanley since 2023 and a Managing Director there since 2000. Industry seats include Board Member (since 2023) and Senior Independent Director (since 2024) at UK Finance and the Advisory Council of the Financial Markets Standards Board (FMSB) since 2024, the right background for questions on running a bank's EMEA operations alongside industry bodies.
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Jessica Zoob
LinkedInExperience: Managing Director, CEO of Morgan Stanley Fund Services · Morgan Stanley
Running a fund services business inside a bank is the topic for Jessica Zoob, Managing Director, CEO of Morgan Stanley Fund Services since 2018 and Managing Director & Deputy COO, Institutional Services from 2015 to 2018. At American Express, Jessica was SVP, B2B Strategy & Reengineering (2007–2009), SVP, Global Business Development (2009–2010) and SVP, Corporate Development & Innovation (2010–2014).
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John Crowe
LinkedInExperience: CFO, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC · Morgan Stanley
Three current Morgan Stanley titles belong to John Crowe: CFO, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (since 2025), CFO, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (since 2024) and Managing Director, Americas Legal Entity Financial & Regulatory Reporting (since 2025). Executive Director, Americas Legal Entity Financial Reporting (2018–2020) and Executive Director, Americas Legal Entity Financial & Regulatory Reporting (2020–2025) make John a fit for legal entity finance and regulatory reporting questions.
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John Malik
LinkedInExperience: Chief Operating Officer, MENA · Morgan Stanley
The Middle East and North Africa are John Malik's remit as Chief Operating Officer, MENA at Morgan Stanley since 2024. John's bio says John was COO for Wealth and Asset Management at Rothschild & Co. in London, sitting on its global operating committee and several operating company boards, and Credit Suisse titles include Head of Advisory & Sales (2014–2016) and Head of Sales Management (2016–2017), good grounding for questions on running a bank's operations in that region.
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John Ryan
LinkedInExperience: President of US Banks · Morgan Stanley
President of US Banks at Morgan Stanley since 2022, John Ryan was Global Treasurer from 2017 to 2022. Earlier Morgan Stanley titles were Rates Trading and Securities Financing (2004–2010), Assistant Treasurer, Funding and Liquidity (2010–2012) and Chief Investment Officer US Banks (2012–2017), a fit for questions on bank funding, liquidity and running US bank entities.
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Kanna Ravikulachandran
LinkedInExperience: Firm Chief Operating Officer - Asia Region, Managing Director · Morgan Stanley
Based in Hong Kong, Kanna Ravikulachandran became Firm Chief Operating Officer - Asia Region, Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in 2024. Earlier Morgan Stanley titles were Executive Director - Global Head of FP&A for Institutional Business and variety of other roles prior (2006–2017), Executive Director - Firm Strategy & M&A (2017–2021) and Managing Director - Firm Strategy & M&A (2021–2024), good grounding for firm strategy and Asia COO questions.
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Paul Hookham
LinkedInExperience: Global Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Institutional, Finance, Operations & Risk Technology · Morgan Stanley
Technology governance and operational risk work, cited in Paul Hookham's summary, sit behind the role of Global Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Institutional, Finance, Operations & Risk Technology at Morgan Stanley (since 2024). Paul was Chief Administrative Officer, Institutional Securities Technology from 2021 to 2024, and also held Global Head of Sales & Trading Business Management (2009–2012) and Chief of Staff, Global Equity Derivatives & Swaps Technology (2012–2022) at the firm.
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Choose the right perspective
For a question about one regional entity, pick André Munkelt (Europe), Christopher Beatty (EMEA), Kanna Ravikulachandran (Asia), John Malik (MENA) or John Ryan (US Banks), with John Crowe for legal entity finance and reporting. Brenda Sirena and Paul Hookham are the operations and technology COOs, Jessica Zoob is CEO of Morgan Stanley Fund Services and Anjan Gupta is co-CEO of the Global Markets Group.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a global bank divide decisions between its regional COOs and the global operations and technology COOs?
- 02What does running a European bank subsidiary with its own management board require that a branch of the parent firm does not?
- 03How do legal entity CFOs and regulatory reporting teams keep each entity's books ready for its own regulator?
About this directory
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