Morgan Stanley’s private wealth management business for Europe, the Middle East and Africa has appointed former Credit Suisse relationship manager Michelle Penney, this publication has learned.

Penney has joined Morgan Stanley as a vice president and investment advisor, based in Dubai, working with Middle Eastern and UK clients.

At Credit Suisse, Penney worked in Geneva, where she spent four years as a relationship manager covering Egypt and the UK. Prior to this role, she spent more than eight years at HSBC in London, Hong Kong and Geneva.