This publication brings latest news of appointments in the Asian wealth management industry.

Pinebridge Investments, a global asset manager, has appointed Jennifer Theunissen to a new role as chief operating officer for Asia. She is based in Hong Kong and will report to global chief operating officer Julian Sluyters and Asia chief executive Rajeev Mittal.

Theunissen has more than 18 years of experience in financial services, 11 of which have been spent in Asia. She most recently worked at Deutsche Asset Management in Hong Kong, where she served as its chief operating officer for asset management.

In her new position, Theunissen will coordinate compliance, finance, operations, product management and development, and technology functions in the region.

“Jennifer’s appointment to this new position enables us to continue to ensure we have robust operational standards and market leading risk controls in place to support the continued growth of our business in Asia,” said Mittal.

The creation of this new role follows a series of appointments by PineBridge as the firm continues to grow its team and operations in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the institutional space.