Allianz Global Investors’ (AllianzGI) global head of investments Deborah Zurkow (pictured) will retire later this year, the firm has announced.
She has been at the firm since 2012, having joined to lead AllianzGI’s infrastructure debt capability. Zurkow then became head of private markets in 2016, before taking the global head of investments role in 2020.
AllianzGI said succession plans are underway which are likely to see public markets and private markets investment responsibilities separated. The firm said it recognises the growing maturity, scale and distinctiveness of the private markets business which Zurkow developed.
Zurkow will exit the firm at the end of September, after stepping back from executive responsibilities in the summer.
Tobias Pross, AllianzGI CEO, said: “Deborah has been a hugely committed and engaged colleague and leader from the moment she joined AllianzGI through to this day. Her unrelenting curiosity and solutions-mindset have been well deployed in the service of our clients and colleagues around the world. I will miss her input.
“That her succession will involve two appointments is a fitting testament to the importance and distinctiveness of the private markets business she has built alongside our very well-established public markets platform.”
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