Principal Global Investors shuffles offshore leadership

Published by Hubbis – 20th January 2015

Principal Global Investors has reshuffled two key management roles – Kirk West and Andrea Muller – for the firm’s offshore operations, to accelerate growth and strengthen leadership of non-US business.

As of the start of 2015, Muller moved on from her role in Singapore as Asia chief executive officer (CEO), relocating to the US as head of international distribution. She has assumed responsibility for all sales, relationship management and client service activities in Asia Pacific (including Japan and Australia), Europe, the Middle East and Latin America.

Published by Financial Standard – 16th January 2015

State Street Corporation has appointed Wai Kwong Seck, head of State Street’s global services and global markets businesses in Asia Pacific, to its management committee.

Also promoted to the management committee, the company’s senior-most strategy and policy making group, is Gunjan Kedia, who heads the company’s investment servicing capabilities in the Americas for mutual fund, insurance and institutional clients.