AllianzGI Nets 30-Year Vet as APAC Distribution Head

AllianzGI Nets 30-Year Vet as APAC Distribution Head

The asset management arm of Allianz has hired a 30-year veteran from Citi to lead distribution for the Asia Pacific region.

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) has appointed Julie Koo as head of distribution, Asia Pacific, according to a statement, effective May 1, and she will also become a member of the firm’s executive committee. Based in Hong Kong, she reports to AllianzGI CEO Tobias Pross.

Koo has more than three decades of institutional and wealth management experience across Asia, Europe and North America. She joins Citi's wealth unit, where she was previously its head of partnerships & relationship management. Prior to that, she also worked at UBS, HSBC and Fidelity International.

«We very much look forward to welcoming Julie to AllianzGI, especially having had the benefit of engaging with her in some of her Wealth Management-related roles. I have no doubt that her strategic insights, incisiveness and active leadership will help ensure that AllianzGI's highly successful business in Asia Pacific continues to flourish,» commented Pross.

Headquartered in Munich, AllianzGI has 591 billion euros ($686 billion) in assets under management globally as of end-2025, including $134 billion in APAC.