The new head takes over from a predecessor who left late last year.

This publication can confirm that Pictet Asset Management, part of Geneva-based Pictet, has appointed Junjie Watkins as its Asia head.

Watkins, a managing director heading investment solutions in Asia for TCW, will replace Amy Cho. 

Pictet declined to comment when contacted by this news servicer. Watkins has not left her current employer yet.

Cho was the former managing director and regional head of business development for Asia ex-Japan and general manager for Hong Kong and Taiwan at Pictet. Cho had been at Pictet for 12 years. She left in November 2018 to join Schroders as its CEO for Hong Kong business and head of intermediary clients for Asia-Pacific.

PAM has also appointed Heather Bao from TCW to join its institutional team. Bao is a senior vice president in investment solutions for Asia at TCW.