Maria Salamanca Mejia is an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley’s Institutional Equities Division. Maria joined the firm in 2021 and is based in London where she looks after Morgan Stanley’s EMEA Market Structure practice. Prior to joining Morgan Staley, Maria held Market Structure positions in other organisations. She represents the EMEA equities business in a range of trade associations, including as Chair of the AFME Securities Trading Committee and is also a member of the Plato Partnership Advisory Committee, amongst other industry groups. Maria graduated from Imperial College, London with an MSc in Management.