Recruiting and Developing Diverse Talent

Morgan Stanley is committed to developing exceptional individuals from a diverse set of backgrounds to shape and strengthen our business and bring value to our clients. In order to diverse our talent, we are proactively hiring mid-career professionals.

At Morgan Stanley, we are committed to narrowing the Gender Pay Gap in Japan and hold ourselves accountable to growing the representation of women at all levels, including leadership. We continue to drive progress through our firmwide five-point action plan. 

The senior management in Japan strives to grow women officers for Japan and has implemented talent action plans locally. Within Morgan Stanley’s group companies in Japan, we are proud to have women in senior positions such as officers, divisional heads, directors, and management committee members.

Continue to attract and hire more women in Japan through our campus and mid-career recruiting efforts to support the pipeline of future female leaders.  Actions include aspirational campus goals and focused efforts for mid-career hiring.

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities’ Management Committee is 39% women, and 31% of officers at the Firm are women as of June 2026. We seek to continue to consider women for senior leadership opportunities through divisional action plans and a robust talent development program offering that includes individualized career support and sponsorship.

We have a genuine interest in our employees’ professional development and wellbeing. Our greatest asset is our people, and we take pride in investing in them, supporting the physical, mental and financial wellbeing of our employees and their families, as well as supporting working parents and caregivers through enhanced family-friendly benefit programs and policies. Please see Morgan Stanley Offerings for more information.

We continually equip our managers with the skills and tools they need to be effective and inclusive, and build capability around key skills to drive optimal performance management, productivity and engagement in teams.

Average Length of Service^*2

^*1  Fixed Term Employees includes Campus interns, and Senior Advisors
^*2  Average length of service of full time employees at Morgan Stanley entities in Japan as of January 1, 2026

At Morgan Stanley, we hold ourselves collectively accountable for ensuring that women of all backgrounds have equal opportunity to develop and progress in their careers.

Fairness in our pay practices remains a core part of our compensation strategy. Our results reflect that women and men are being paid equally for the same or similar role, or for work of equal value.

The Firm is committed to ensuring compensation and reward decisions are fair, equitable and consistent, and are made based on an individual’s role, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity or other demographics.

When we compare the average compensation between female employees and male employees in Morgan Stanley Japan, the pay difference is largely driven by having a greater proportion of male employees than female employees in senior positions, and in businesses where market rates of pay are higher. We remain committed to our ongoing efforts listed in the Our Commitment to Developing and Advancing Women in Japan that aim to support reducing the gender pay difference.

Our compensation programs are competitive within our industry and help ensure equitable rewards for all employees through:

• Robust practices that support fair and consistent compensation, and help ensure reward decisions are based on merit
• Ongoing review of compensation decisions, including at the points of hire, promotion and mobility
• Regular assessment of our rewards structure to help ensure equity for all employees

The Gender Pay Difference Explained:
Gender pay difference is a measure of the average pay difference between women and men across an organization regardless of role or level. This is different from gender pay equity, which measures whether women and men are paid equally for the same or similar roles, or for work of equal value.

Pay Difference ^*1

All female employees’ average compensation as a percentage of all male employees’ compensation

^*1  Compensation paid out between April 2025 and March 2026 at Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co. Ltd.
^*2  Headcount of Fixed Term Employees as a percentage of all employees is 0.4%. They include Senior Advisors.