Qi Wang appointed PIMCO’s Chief Investment Officer

PIMCO has appointed Qi Wang as Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Implementation. Ms. Wang, who has 27 years of investment experience, joined PIMCO in 2010 and she will oversee Analytics, as well as the newly created teams of Portfolio Implementation and Data Structure & Delivery. 

Ms. Wang, will now join the other members of PIMCO’s CIO leadership team - Daniel Ivascyn, Group Chief Investment Officer; Marc Seidner, CIO – Non-traditional Strategies; Andrew Balls, CIO – Global; Scott Mather, CIO – Core Strategies; Mark Kiesel, CIO – Credit. 

Sudi Mariappa, Managing Director and Portfolio Manager, who has led PIMCO’s Global Portfolio Risk Management, will become Global Head of Analytics.

Mr. Mariappa replaces Ravi Mattu, Managing Director, who is retiring from PIMCO after an illustrious four-decade career in financial services. And Josh Davis, Managing Director, will become Global Head of Risk Management.

Mr. Mariappa has 34 years of experience in the investment industry and has served in a number of roles at PIMCO including generalist portfolio manager, senior advisory roles to the PM group and led teams managing global bond strategies. He will work closely with Masoud Sharif, Executive Vice President, Head of Core Risk Analytics, and Marco van Akkeren, Executive Vice President, Head of Desk Quant Analytics.

Mr. Davis brings to his role almost two decades of broad experience in portfolio management, risk management, team leadership and analytics. His combination of expertise in portfolio construction, asset allocation and analytics gives him a unique understanding of managing risk from both a portfolio management and client perspective.  He will be supported by Matt Putnicki, Executive Vice President, who has more than a decade of experience in risk management, is a member of our global risk committee and oversees PIMCO’s experienced team of risk managers.