NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., March 22, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- PIMCO, one of the world's leading fixed-income asset managers, has announced the promotion of four employees to the position of executive vice president, 16 to the position of senior vice president and 30 to the position of vice president.
The new executive vice presidents are:
-- Akinori Matsui, account manager for PIMCO Japan in Tokyo.
Mr. Matsui joined PIMCO in 2001, previously having been a
chief portfolio manager of international fixed income and
international equity investments at Nippon Life and Nissay
Asset Management where he managed the general accounts of
Nippon Life and Japanese pension funds respectively. He has
twenty years of investment experience, holds a bachelor's
degree in economics from Kyoto University, and is a chartered
member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan.
-- Mark J. Porterfield, head of PIMCO's Media and Public
Affairs activities. In addition, he is a founding board
member of The PIMCO Foundation and presently serves as its
Executive Director. Mr. Porterfield has been associated
with PIMCO since 1986. Prior to that, he worked as a systems
analyst with Andersen Consulting in Chicago. Mr. Porterfield
holds a bachelor's degree in international relations from
Duquesne University and a masters in business administration in
computer science from the University of California, Irvine.
-- Richard E. Tyson Jr., Senior Global Operations Manger for
PIMCO. He is charged with the responsibilities of operational
risk management, as well as broker, bank and SSIMS support
relations. Prior to his current assignment, Mr. Tyson was senior
global operations manager, with responsibilities in Germany
and Asia Pacific. Prior to joining PIMCO in 1996, Tyson spent
over 13 years with Salomon Brothers. While there, he had
operational responsibilities in Los Angeles, San Francisco,
New York, Tampa, and Toronto.
-- David Young, CFA, head of PIMCO's London based account
management group. Mr. Young is responsible for building and
managing client servicing efforts covering the UK, Europe,
Middle East, and Africa. Mr. Young joined the firm in 1994,
previously having held positions as portfolio manager with
Analytic Investment Management and account manager at Smith
Barney and Harris Upham. He has sixteen years of investment
experience and holds both a bachelor's degree in political
science and economics and a masters in business administration
from the University of California, Irvine. Prior to relocating
to London, Mr. Young was a visiting professor at the University
of California, Irvine MBA program and has instructed fixed
income courses for CFA review programs with the Los Angeles
and UK AIMR chapters as well as the Financial Times Knowledge
program.
The new senior vice presidents are:
Newport Beach Joshua M. Anderson, Erik C. Brown, John B. Cummings, Jennifer E. Durham, Kristine L. Foss, Gregory T. Gore, Shailesh Gupta, Henrik P. Larsen, Gail Mitchell, Ric Okun, Ronald M. Reimer, and Paul W. Reisz. London Richard F. Fulford III Singapore Joseph A. Fournier Sydney Julian Foxall Tokyo Kenji Kawamura
The new vice presidents are:
Newport Beach Stacie D. Anctil, Kwame A. Anochie, Donna E. Barnes, Christopher P. Brune, Giang H. Bui, John R. Cavalieri, Mary De Bellis, Vernon Edler, Thomas C. Gibson, Julie A. Meggers, Gregory S. Miller, Monika Nemeth, Rudy Pimentel, Susan Raessler, Rahul M. Seksaria, Don Suskind, Erik A. Velicer, Rosa J. Yi, Donald A. Yocham, Lori Zarutsky, and David Zhang.
London William A. Blackwell Jr., Sofia Ramos, and Dominique Tersin Munich Kristion T. Mierau New York Eric J. Mogelof Sydney Matthew J. Mulcahy Tokyo Sachiko Nojima, Yoshimitsu Saito, and Ichiro Takeuchi
With more than $445 billion in fixed-income assets under management, PIMCO is one of the world's leading fixed-income fund-management companies. Founded in 1971 and based in Newport Beach, California, the company is majority owned by Munich-based Allianz Group, a leading global insurance company with nearly $1 trillion in assets and represented in 70 countries around the globe.
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