Principal's West to run non-US distribution

Principal Global Investors (PGI) has named Kirk West as Singapore-based executive director of international distribution, alongside George Jamgochian, the new executive director of US distribution in New York. The Iowa-based asset manager is looking to take a more global approach to distribution. The two appointments follow the departure of Hazel McNeilage, PGI's former global head of sales and marketing, who has joined Queensland Investment Corporation in Australia as head of funds …