AI experts; ex-hedge fund traders
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Key Points:
- Morgan Stanley has promoted 184 new managing directors across various divisions, including AI, private credit, investment banking, trading, sales, technology, and equity research.
- Key AI promotions include Madhu Coimbatore as head of the firmwide AI platform and Shailesh Gavankar as head of AI strategy and execution, highlighting the firm's focus on artificial intelligence.
- In private credit, notable promotions include Mariel Jenkins for private debt coverage and Tom Cresswell as COO of European private credit, while investment banking saw multiple FIG and technology bankers elevated.
- Trading promotions feature leaders in equities, FX options, corporate equity derivatives, and index trading, with hedge fund sales also emphasized through Jon Mace's promotion.
- Managing directors
