(Telecompaper) The chief financial officer of Morgan Stanley, Ruth Porat, is planning to leave the company to join Google in the same role, effective 26 May. She joined Morgan Stanley in 1987 and has played several key roles at the company, including Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Global Head of the Financial Institutions Group and and co-Head of Technology Investment Banking. Porat replaces Patrick Pichette, who earlier announced plans to retire to spend more time with his family. He worked as CFO at Google for nearly seven years.