Peachtree Dunwoody Pav Market Office

Rich has over 25 years of experience in wealth management and is currently a Complex Manager for Morgan Stanley. Prior to this role, Rich has spent the last 25 years at Morgan Stanley in positions of growing responsibility. He entered the financial services industry during college while at the same time earning a B.A. in Economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. He works with Financial Advisors and clients to provide strategic investment advice and deliver comprehensive wealth management.

Rich is very involved with his three children’s interests, an active member of the tennis and golf community.

Atlanta Perimeter Complex Profile

Morgan Stanley’s Atlanta Perimeter Complex's 10 offices combines the vast resources of the firm and the experience of our Financial Advisors to help clients navigate the complex financial issues today to help them achieve their goals. It is my goal as manager to grow our presence in greater Atlanta & Georgia, making us the investment firm of choice for affluent investors.
We offer a broad range of financial products and service that today’s investors have come to demand, including asset management, retirement and education planning, comprehensive personal and business lending solutions, estate planning strategies, alternative investments, corporate retirement plans and stock option plans.

Natalia has been working in the Financial Services industry for over 20 years in different capacities, as a Management Consultant, Portfolio Associate, Financial Advisor, Risk Officer and Senior Risk Officer. She started her career at Morgan Stanley in 2010 in the Miami Market as a Portfolio Associate for a large international team. Realizing the importance of risk in Financial Services and looking for new challenges, she transitioned to management as a Risk Officer in 2015. In 2018, she moved to Atlanta and worked as a Risk Officer in the Buckhead Market and joined the Perimeter Market in September 2021 as the Senior Risk Officer. She oversees a team of five risk officers who partner with FAs and teams to help resolve issues and promote risk awareness, and works alongside Market management to accomplish business objectives and a compliant environment. She took part in the Leadership Readiness Program 2 in 2021, is a representative of the MS Compliance Policy Review group, and enjoys participating in firm-wide volunteer activities and diversity and inclusion initiatives. She is also a member of Morgan Stanley’s ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals for America), Women in Wealth of Atlanta and Morgan Stanley’s Latino Employee Network and Multicultural Employee Network.

Natalia graduated from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia, and received a Bachelor’s in Science degree in Industrial Engineering, and is fluent in Spanish. She holds her Series 7, 9, 10, 66 licenses. Natalia is married and has three children ages 16, 19 and 21. Outside of work she loves watching football and soccer games and is a fan of the Colombian National team and the Alabama Crimson Tide. She enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, skiing, yoga, scuba diving and outdoor recreational activities.

Kylia began her career with Morgan Stanley in June 2014 as a Branch Administrator in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. After 5 years in that role, she was looking for an opportunity to broaden her insight within the industry and was promoted to be the Market Administrator role in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A change of scenery, along with familial ties, were the driving forces for her relocation to Atlanta.

When she’s not riding her Peloton, Kylia enjoys exploring new surroundings with her husband Trevon and their 7 year old Pit Bull Keno.

Matt Watkins is the Business Development Manager in Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management Division. His day-to-day activities remain guiding advisors and their teams on strategies to grow their business by leveraging the firm’s research, by educating on platform enhancements, introducing new investment solutions, and coaching modern wealth management best practices. Over the last five years, he has been supporting GA, KY, TN, and WV.

Matt graduated Georgia Tech in 2003 and started his financial services career at Smith Barney in 2004 at the Buckhead office, starting as an intern before becoming a client service associate in support of the branch leadership team. He also worked with other individual advisors as their support staff, until he joined the Consulting Group in 2006 as the Regional Tech Analyst for the Southeast Region, also based in the Buckhead office. In this role, he supported advisors with manager selection, portfolio construction, and institutional client reporting for some of the largest relationships at the firm. He was promoted to become the Divisional Analyst in 2009 where he managed a group of regional analysts while supporting and training team analysts across the region.

In 2011, Matt was promoted to the role of Consulting Group Regional Director where he covered many of the branches in the Southeast Region across GA, AL, MS, TN, FL, NC, SC, VA, and AR. He stayed in this role until 2014 when he joined an advisor team in the Buckhead office, serving as their chief investment officer.

The following year, Matt was presented with a unique opportunity to help a small but quickly growing asset management company and in 2015 became a Regional Director and Portfolio Communications Specialist at Miller/Howard Investments. He covered GA, NC, and SC and stayed with the firm until 2019 when he began pursuing his return back to Wealth Management, rejoining Morgan Stanley in March of 2020 in his current role.

On October 1st, 2025, Matt will be returning home to the Buckhead office where he started his career over 21-years ago, as he becomes the Business Development Manager for the Buckhead Market—in addition to his current responsibilities covering the Atlanta Perimeter Market.

Matt spends his downtime in Smyrna, Georgia, with his wife Chelsea, their 9-year-old daughter Madeleine, and their family dog Blueberry.