Chris Scott-Hansen is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management based in New York City. He is head of Morgan Stanley’s Portfolio & Trading Solutions which includes business management over the Equity, Option, and Fixed Income trading desks for the advisory business , Unified Managed Account(UMA) and Separately Managed Account(SMA) Portfolio Management Solutions, Tax Services, Managed Advisory Portfolio Solutions(MAPS), and the Portfolio Risk Platform/Aladdin.

Chris previously headed up the Retirement division for Morgan Stanley which included individual retirement, business retirement, insurance, annuities, and financial planning.  Prior to his role in the retirement space, Chris spent 18 years in the advisory and asset management businesses.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Chris was a long only equity and multi-strategy portfolio manager with Legg Mason/ClearBridge Investments (formally Shearson/Smith Barney/Citigroup Asset Management).

Chris earned a B.S. in Finance from Bryant University in Rhode Island.