Anne Tennant

Anne Tennant is a Managing Director and is the General Counsel of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management (WM).  Anne leads a team of professionals who advise the business on legal issues and regulatory requirements involving the division’s broad product and services offerings.  Anne previously served as head of litigation for the Wealth Management business.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1999, Anne practiced as a securities litigator with a leading Florida law firm, where she specialized in representing financial institutions in court litigation, arbitrations, and regulatory proceedings before the SEC and the self-regulatory organizations.  She holds a J.D. with honors from the University of Florida and a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Anne sits on the WM Operating and Management Committees.  She is also a member of the SIFMA General Counsel’s Committee.  Anne is also a member of the Legal and Compliance Division’s Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee.  She is a recipient of the Counsel of Urban Professionals (CUP) Catalyst award for Change Agents in Law and is a Class of 2016 “MAKER.”  Anne is also on the Board of Trustees for the Morgan Stanley foundation.