---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-24-007114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MS"
cik: "0000895421"
company_name: "MORGAN STANLEY"
filed_at: "2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T08:59:16.624337+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# James P. Gorman to step down as Executive Chairman and board member effective Dec 31, 2024

## Summary
- James P. Gorman will step down as Executive Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors, effective Dec 31, 2024.
- All 15 director nominees were elected; say-on-pay and the Non-U.S. Nonqualified Employee Stock Purchase Plan were approved.
- Shareholder proposals on politicized de-banking report, lobbying transparency, and clean energy financing ratio were defeated.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 was approved.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-24-007114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MS
- cik: 0000895421
- company_name: MORGAN STANLEY
- filed_at: 2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010324007114/0000950103-24-007114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010324007114/dp211482_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-007114
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-007114.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950103-24-007114.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  James P. Gorman departed as Executive Chairman at MORGAN STANLEY.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Executive Chairman
  source text: James P. Gorman will step down as Executive Chairman and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company, effective December 31, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/895421/000095010324007114/0000950103-24-007114-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.