Morgan Stanley International bank chairman Jonathan Bloomer and Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo are among the six people missing after a luxury yacht sank in a storm off Sicily on Monday (19 August) according to media reports.
UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch, 59, and his daughter Hannah, 18, were earlier also reported unaccounted for after the incident about 700m (2,300ft) from the Mediterranean island’s shore.
The 56m Bayesian was carrying 22 people including Brits, Americans and Canadians.
Fifteen people were rescued, including a one-year-old British girl. Sicily’s Civil Protection also confirmed that the body of the ship’s cook was recovered.
A search operation resumed early on Tuesday morning, according to Italian media.
Bloomer has been the chairman of Morgan Stanley International since 2018, and last year was also made chairman of the Hiscox international insurance group.
He began his career at the now-defunct American accounting firm Arthur Andersen, working there for 20 years from 1974 to 1994.
He then spent the next ten years at Prudential, based in the UK, eventually becoming group CEO until 2005.
Bloomer has held several other roles since 2005, and alongside his chairman roles at Morgan Stanley and Hiscox, also chairs sportswear company SDL Group Holdings.
Bloomer was chair of Autonomy’s audit committee from September 2010 until its sale in October 2011.
