Morgan Stanley chairman and tech tycoon among the missing in Sicily yacht incident

Italian emergency services prepare to head toward the area off the Sicilian coast where the search continues for British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah, who are among six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of Sicily. Picture: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

A top City boss has said he is “deeply shocked and saddened” as he confirmed business veteran and Morgan Stanley chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his wife are among those missing on the yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily.

Irish-linked British technology tycoon Mike Lynch and his daughter are also missing, while the BBC reported that Clifford Chance lawyer Chris Morvillo was also unaccounted for after the incident.