February 9, 2010 (FinancialWire) — NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) has named Robert G. Scott, former president and chief operating officer of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), as an independent member of the company’s board of directors, effective February 4, 2010, subject to regulatory approval. Scott has also been appointed to the firm’s audit committee.

Scott was formerly president, COO and a director of Morgan Stanley until December 2003, and he continues as an advisory director of the company. Scott was named CFO of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter at the time of the merger between Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter and became president and COO in 2001.

He joined Morgan Stanley in 1970 and became a managing director in 1979. Prior to the merger of Morgan Stanley and Dean Witter, Scott held a number of positions with worldwide responsibility including, director of investment banking from 1994 to 1996, director of corporate finance from 1992 to 1994 and director of capital market services from 1985 to 1992.

New York-based NYSE Euronext is an operator of financial markets and provider of trading technologies. The company’s exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities, futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. NYSE Euronext’s equities markets include the New York Stock Exchange, Euronext, NYSE Arca and NYSE AMEX.

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