AIA Group has appointed Mark Konyn group chief investment officer with effect from 1 September.
He will be a member of the group executive committee and will report to Mark Tucker, group chief executive and president.
Konyn joins AIA Group from Cathay Conning Asset Management, where he was chief executive officer responsible for the firm's investment business and strategic expansion in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tucker said Konyn "brings to AIA extensive investment and regional experience in managing insurance, pensions and mutual fund assets for a number of large and well recognised companies and institutional investors in Asia and globally."
John Chu, AIA's group CIO since January 2010, will step down from his role on 1 September and will retire on 1 December after a period of handover.
Konyn has been based in Asia since 1989 and has held senior positions in Allianz Global Investors, Fidelity Investments and PCA. He holds a Ph.D. in risk analysis and a diploma in investment management from the London Business School. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.