VP Marketing Wealth Management, MORGAN STANLEY
Meryl Stevens, Vice President of Marketing for Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley, is driving the perfect balance between managing strict compliance requirements with empowering local market agents. Although this issue has been at the heart of global financial marketing since its inception, Meryl has found effective solutions—and has made it look easy throughout the process. She’s been with Morgan Stanley for nearly seven years, and her expertise is in creating effective marketing communications strategies to reach diverse consumer segments.
In fact, Morgan Stanley’s business role is to mobilize capital to help governments, corporations, institutions and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals. For over 75 years, the firm’s reputation for using innovative thinking to solve complex problems has been well earned and rarely matched. At its foundation are four core values — putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas and giving back — that guide its more than 55,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 43 countries.
As both a strategic thinker and a strong creative talent, Meryl Stevens has a knack for quickly grasping a project’s scope and its impact. With an amazing attention to detail, she can also figure out how to “personalize” a large client base to deliver innovation business solutions.
Prior to Morgan Stanley, Meryl was Director of Account Management, Global Brand & Marketing Services at MetLife where she managed a team of Creative Services account managers responsible for project management of enterprise collateral, online and multimedia sales and marketing materials. She was a key member of the department leadership team and a liaison to enterprise business partners.
Earlier roles include account director positions at Prime Access and Uniworld Group, plus a start as an Associate Brand Manager at Kraft Foods on cereal brands including Honey Bunches of Oats, Post Toasties, Alpha-Bits and Marshmallow Alpha-Bits.