London-headquartered M&G Investments has announced the appointment of a head of Korea.

M&G Investments appoints Peter Kim as head of Korea, according to a statement. In the newly created role, he reports to Berny Lin, head of distribution for Asia ex-Japan.

Kim joins from Lazard Korea Asset Management where he worked for more than 10 years as the institutional and regional marketing representative, overseeing relationships with pensions, mutual funds, life insurers and banks. Previously, he also worked at Standard Chartered, BNP Paribas, UBS Warburg and Daewoo Securities.