PGIM Investments Hires Head of Asia From Goldman Sachs

The newly created role, based in Hong Kong, is part of the firm's global expansion plans.

PGIM Investments, part of PGIM, the asset management arm of American life insurance company Prudential Financial, has appointed Jessica Jones as head of Asia, the company announced on Thursday in a statement.

Jones joins from Goldman Sachs Asset Management where she served as managing director and head of the firm's retail client business Asia ex-Japan. During her 17-year tenure, she held several sales leadership roles across Europe and Asia.

Strategic Priority

Jones will lead the expansion of PGIM’s global intermediary business into Asia, building out teams in Hong Kong and Singapore to support the firm’s sales and distribution efforts in the region, the announcement said. She will report to Kimberly LaPointe, head of PGIM Investments International.

«Building out our Asia-based team is a strategic priority as we look to deliver the strength of PGIM’s global investment platform to clients with local market expertise and a relevant product set,» LaPointe said in the statement.