Hong Kong, (October 28, 2019) – PIMCO, one of the world’s premier fixed income investment managers, has hired Annisa Lee as Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Credit Research. Based in Hong Kong, Ms. Lee reports to Christian Stracke, Global Head of Credit Research based in Newport Beach. She officially started her role on October 28^th.

In her role, Ms. Lee will have active issuer coverage, drawing on her deep experience and exceptional track record in credit research, and will lead a team of eight credit analysts across Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney in delivering research for the broader platform. She will partner closely with PIMCO’s Asia portfolio management team, led by Stephen Chang, Portfolio Manager, Asia to expand the firm’s credit strategy offerings across Asia.

Christian Stracke, Global Head of Credit Research said: “Asia credit, including China, continues to be one of the fastest growing areas in global fixed income markets, offering exciting relative value opportunities for the increased appetite among our global and Asia clients. Annisa brings additional broad regional experience in corporate credit research to PIMCO which is invaluable as we continue our strategic Asia investment platform buildout.”

Ms. Lee joins PIMCO from Nomura, initially Lehman Brothers, where she spent 15 years as a sell-side analyst with the last five years as Head of Asia ex-Japan Flow Credit Analysis. Both individually and as a team she has garnered awards and top rankings in multiple surveys during her tenure including being ranked 1st in the Greenwich Associates Survey in four out of the last five years. Before Lehman/Nomura, she spent the earlier part of her career with Bank of East Asia, Chase Manhattan Bank and ING Bank in various credit research functions.

Professional Biography

Annisa Lee is an Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Pacific Credit Research. Prior to joining PIMCO, she spent 15 years initially at Lehman Brothers and subsequently Nomura as a sell-side analyst with the last five years as the team head of Asia ex-Japan Flow Credit Analysis. Before Lehman/Nomura, she spent the earlier part of her career with Bank of East Asia, Chase Manhattan Bank and ING Bank in various credit research functions. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science from the University of Hong Kong and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.