The Orbis Terrarum Group at Morgan Stanley

With over 28 years of international investing and wealth management experience, Hugo Manzano-Gomez delivers holistic wealth management solutions to an elite clientele of primarily European entrepreneurs and executives. Hugo has built his practice on a foundation of education and competence, bringing a global perspective to the management of significant wealth across borders and across generations. He is familiar with the unique challenges faced by international families who invest in U.S.-based accounts and has an extensive network of professionals with cross-border-taxation expertise.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2010, Hugo served as a District Manager at Banesto, part of the Banco de Santander Group. Earlier in his career, he served as a Producing Branch Manager at Caixa Laietana. Hugo has also served as Treasurer and a board member of the California Spain Chamber of Commerce.

Born, raised and educated in Barcelona, Hugo earned his undergraduate degree from EUROAULA Business School. He later returned to the E.A.E Business School in Barcelona to complete his master’s degree in finance. Hugo is fluent in in Spanish, English, French and Catalan.

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Janet Zhang offers comprehensive wealth strategies to a global clientele of affluent families, executives and corporations located in Asia, North America and Europe. With over a decade of experience in wealth management, Janet is well versed in addressing complex challenges that arise when managing significant wealth across borders.


Born and raised in China, Janet is fluent in both Mandarin and English. She earned her MBA from Pepperdine University. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 2015, she was a financial advisor at HSBC and Merrill Lynch. Earlier in her career she spent seven years helping Chinese companies invest in and build subsidiaries in the U.S. and the Middle East.

Zhou Wang understands the role national culture and family dynamics play in wealth management planning. That informs Zhou’s work with her cross-border clients, many of whom have a multigenerational presence in both Asia and the United States.

Zhou believes clients deserve detailed information and guidance about strategies and products in a manner they can understand and that respects their background. She has found that language fluency and providing technical expertise are essential, but not enough. Understanding cultural differences and being able to explain the advantages of strategies such as prudent borrowing, and the differences between countries’ equity markets, helps international clients make more efficient and effective decisions. And having the ability to serve as a bridge, not just across borders, but across generations, helps secure values as well as financial legacies.

Born and raised in China, Zhuo is fluent in both Mandarin and English. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, a master’s degree in linguistics from Yanbian University and a master’s degree in Finance from the University of South Florida. Zhou began her financial services career at Morgan Stanley as a Wealth Advisory Associate and then a Registered Client Associate before becoming a Financial Advisor in 2021. To take a break from the fast pace of following the markets, Zhou likes to do yoga, walk along the beach and sail.

Hector focuses on maintaining strong and productive relationships with clients. Hector assists with the onboarding transition and process a broad range of service requests. He is also responsible for organizing client seminars, overseeing the marketing, operational, administrative and concierge functions for the team.

Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Hector was a Wealth Management Client Associate at Merrill Lynch, and was a business owner for five years.

Fluent in both English and Spanish languages, Hector really enjoys working with domestic and international clients. He has obtained Series 7, Series 66 licenses from FINRA. He graduated from San Jose State University with a BS in Finance.

Jenny Lin was a Relationship Manager who focused on developing long-lasting client relationships and loyalty. In her most recent role, she managed and advised a portfolio of 600+ affluent clients in a total of 230MM assets with the objective of customer acquisition and retention at HSBC Bank USA. She provided comprehensive financial planning, asset management, building financial rapport and developing long term relationships with affluent clients which resulted in net new wealth growth. Prior to this, she worked at Wells Fargo Bank as a licensed banker and brokerage associate.

Jenny holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Economics at UC Berkeley. She is bilingual and native in Chinese Mandarin and Cantonese. In her personal time, she enjoys canvas painting and interior design; she also loves biking and hiking during weekends.

Alan is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley’s Family Office Resources and a Wealth & Estate Planning Strategist for the International and Central regions of the firm. In this role, he works with domestic and international ultra high net worth clients and families on strategic solutions in the areas of estate planning, tax, non profit and family governance.

Alan has extensive experience working closely with clients and their legal and tax advisors to define an efficient wealth and estate plan tailored to the specific goals, needs and circumstances of each family. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Alan was a Corporate Vice President at New York Life Insurance Company managing a national team of Chinese Advanced Planning Consultants providing financial and estate planning strategies and sales support, including conducting numerous sales seminars, for approximately 900 Chinese agents nationwide. Since 1995, Alan has also provided tax, legal and accounting services to the financial services industry and private sector companies, as a public auditor with KPMG and as a lawyer.

Alan earned both his Bachelor of Business Administration (Cum Laude) and Masters of Professional Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin. He earned his Juris Doctorate (Cum Laude) from the Southern Methodist Dedman School of Law. He is a licensed Texas CPA and California (inactive) CPA, and a licensed member of the Texas State Bar. He also holds the designations of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant ( ChFC ) with The American College. He currently holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 63 and 66 registrations. He is fluent in Mandarin and other Chinese dialects.

Michael Wang is a senior International Lending Advisor working with Morgan Stanley’s Wealth Management partners across the Pacific Coast Region.

Michael has over 15 years of financial services experience, from investment/corporate banking, private banking, wealth management to private equity, in Asia, Europe and North America. Prior joining Morgan Stanley, Michael worked as a Vice President at RBC Capital Markets, a Director at Royal Bank of Canada, and other senior positions at different international financial institutions.

Michael received his Bachelor of Engineering in China, and earned his MBA from Queen’s University, Canada. Michael is a native Mandarin speaker and a Chartered Financial Analyst holder.

Outside of the office, Michael volunteers at New Horizon Career Club helping young Asian professionals in finance sector. Michael holds a black belt in Taekwondo and 2nd Dan in Kendo; he also enjoys travelling and history.

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