UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 31, 2011
 

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Charter Aspect L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                                                                                                                     0-26282                                                                                       13-3775071 
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)                                                            (Commission File Number)                                                     (IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC, 522 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY                                                 10036 

(Address of principal executive offices)                                                                                                            (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (212) 296-1999
 
 

 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
 
The registrant does not have a board of directors.  The registrant’s general partner, Ceres Managed Futures LLC (“CMF”), is managed by a board of directors.
 
Effective August 31, 2011, Ms. Jennifer Magro resigned as Chief Financial Officer and as a director of CMF.
 
Effective September 1, 2011, Mr. Brian Centner was appointed Chief Financial Officer of CMF.
 
Brian Centner, age 33, has been the Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner from August 31, 2011 through the present.  Mr. Centner has been a principal (pending) of the General Partner since September, 2011.  From July 2009 through the present, Mr. Centner has been employed by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, a financial services firm, where his responsibilities include oversight of accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of the General Partner’s managed futures funds.  From February 2003 through July 2009, Mr. Centner was employed by Citi Alternative Investments (“CAI”), a division of Citigroup, a financial services firm, which administered Citigroup’s hedge fund and fund of funds business, where he served as Senior Vice President responsible for the accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of CAI’s managed futures funds.  From June 2002 through February 2003, Mr. Centner was employed by KPMG LLP, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm, as a Senior Associate within the Investment Management division, where his responsibilities included performing audits and attestations services for financial services firms.  From September 2000 through June 2002, Mr. Centner was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP, a U.S. audit, tax and advisory services firm, where he served in the Financial Services division and his responsibilities included performing audits and attestations services for financial services firms.  Mr. Centner earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in May 2000 from Binghamton University and his Master of Business Administration degree in May 2011 from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business.  Mr. Centner is a Certified Public Accountant.


 
 
 

 

 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
  MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY CHARTER ASPECT L.P.  
       
   By: Ceres Managed Futures LLC
as General Partner
 
       
       
Date:  September 7, 2011
By:
/s/  Walter Davis   
    Name:  Walter Davis   
    Title      President and Director