Principal Global Investors has announced changes to its institutional client team and global consultant relationship model.
Doug Harper has been appointed as the new global head of consultant relations. Harper, currently a senior managing director with Principal Real Estate Investors, has been appointed as the new global head of consultant relations. He has been in his current role since joining Principal Real Estate Investors in 2011, and prior to that he was executive director of client and portfolio services at UBS Realty Investors, with more than 25 years of experience in the industry. Harper is highly experienced in the consultant world and has an existing network of contacts, along with an up-to-date understanding of the current landscape and drivers of change in the market. He has an MBA from Emory University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University.
And Amanda Wilson has taken on the role of managing director and head of U.S. institutional sales and relationship management. She has spent her 16-year career at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, where she was most recently managing director, head of Canada and regional head of the central U.S. for institutional clients. Responsibilities included corporate and public defined benefit and defined contribution plans, healthcare organizations, and endowments and foundations. Wilson has considerable experience working directly with clients and has continued to handle institutional business personally while leading the regional and national teams. She graduated from Northwestern University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in economics and mathematical methods in social sciences. She has been a CFA® charterholder since 2006.
