PGI hires former MAS director as SE Asia chief

US asset manager Principal Global Investors has appointed former Monetary Authority of Singapore director Celestine Khoo as its new Southeast Asia chief executive officer. Khoo, who worked at Singapore's central bank for 17 years including as head of external fund management within its reserves management department, is based in Singapore and reports to PGI's Asia chief executive officer Kirk West. Speaking to AsianInvestor, Khoo said her focus would be on building PGI's institu…