The head athletic trainer for the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, Mark Mann, is exchanging the sporting world for work in the wealth management industry. He is joining Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, according to media reports.

Mr Mann, who has worked with the team since 2003, will be a financial advisor at MSSB.

Mr. Mann, who's been the head trainer with the Reds since 2003, will train as a financial adviser for three years and get his license. He'll then work with Morgan Stanley clients who are current and former Major League players, reports said.

As has been noted by Family Wealth Report’s sister publication, WealthBriefing, people in the sports industry have made the switch from the playing field to wealth management, while a number of private banks have set up business divisions to cater to the interests of sports folk, many of whom are among the highest earners in their various countries.

Morgan Stanley, for example, has also appointed Wayne Chrebet, a National Football League veteran who played with the New York Jets, to the firm’s global wealth management group office in Red Bank, New Jersey. Austin Healey, a former English rugby player, works for Credit Suisse in the UK.