David A Hunt has been named chief executive officer of Pramerica Investment Management.
Hunt joins from McKinsey & Co, where he was a senior partner and co-leader of its North American asset management team.
He will oversee all of the asset management businesses that comprise Pramerica Investment Management, including its public fixed income, real estate, public equity, private fixed income, mutual fund and wealth management businesses.
Pramerica is part of the US-headquartered Prudential Financial, which has more than $583bn of assets under management as of 30 June 2011.