Morgan Stanley’s UK private wealth management arm has seen the departure of Helen Watson, latterly a managing director based in London, WealthBriefing has learnt.

Ms Watson is believed to have joined the Wall Street bank’s private wealth management arm in 1991, subsequently serving as a portfolio manager within its investment group between 1998-2002 and going on to be appointed as a managing director of Morgan Stanley in 2005.

Details of Ms Watson’s next role have yet to emerge.

Last week this publication exclusively revealed that Sigadur Arngrimsson, a private banker specialising in the Scandinavian market, had resigned from Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management. However, in the same week the bank announced the hire of Helen Roper, formerly an associate director at HSBC’s global markets group, as an investment advisor for the UK.