As a Senior Vice President at Morgan Stanley, Bruce Addison has access to Morgan Stanleys incredible breadth of resources to help meet the complexities of todays financial landscape. Bruce is committed to excellence and superior customer service. He helps individuals, families, and small business: - Plan for retirement (transitioning from the accumulation phase to the distribution phase) - Preserve their wealth - Take care of their heirs - Implement tax-minimization strategies - Deploy lifetime income strategies - Implement a detailed financial plan Bruce learned the benefits of self-discipline and hard work growing up as a commercial shell fisherman in Essex, Mass. He graduated from Saint Johns Preparatory School in Danvers, Mass., paying his own way through college and earning a bachelors degree in business management from the University of Massachusetts. Bruce believes in giving back. He has served as vice president of the Great Bay Stewards, board member of The Scituate Soccer Club, fundraising chairman for the Piscataqua Maritime Commission, and a volunteer for SIFMA Foundations Invest It Forward which provides financial education and capital markets literacy to young American schoolchildren. Bruce takes advantage of Morgan Stanleys vast network of offices, spending a great deal of time seeing his New England clients at local Morgan Stanley offices. During his spare time, Bruce enjoys spending time with his family, hiking, skiing, paddle-boarding, kayaking and playing the saxophone. 