A Husband and Wife Start a Discussion About Race on Wall Street
Morgan Stanley’s Anjelica and John Watson say they learned just how much some of their colleagues needed to talk.
Anjelica Watson, 32, and her husband, John Watson, 36, are executive directors at Morgan Stanley in New York, which they both joined in 2013. Anjelica worked in debt capital markets before joining the office of the chairman and chief executive officer last year. John, who joined Morgan Stanley from UBS Group AG, became head of digital infrastructure in the Americas for Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners last year after six years as an investment banker to media and communications companies. The Watsons, married since 2018, spoke about their experiences working on Wall Street and their communications with Black colleagues in the wake of George Floyd’s death at the knee of a police officer in Minneapolis in May. They were interviewed separately by Bloomberg Markets. Their comments have been edited for brevity and clarity.