Jim McCaughan is a global asset management executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience in the asset management activities of 4 groups: UBS, PIMCO, Credit Suisse, and Principal Global Investors. Executive leadership roles: • CEO, Principal Global Investors and President, Global ...more

Jim McCaughan is a global asset management executive with more than 30 years of leadership experience in the asset management activities of 4 groups: UBS, PIMCO, Credit Suisse, and Principal Global Investors. Executive leadership roles: • CEO, Principal Global Investors and President, Global Asset Management, at Principal Financial Group • CEO, Credit Suisse Asset Management Americas • President and COO, Oppenheimer Capital • CEO, UBS Asset Management New York • Functional Head, UBS Global Institutional Asset Management • President, UBS Phillips & Drew International Investment His early experience as a successful portfolio manager—focusing on global equity portfolios—gives him a unique combination of experience in portfolio management and in building and overseeing large investment businesses. Most recently, as CEO, Principal Global Investors and President, Global Asset Management, Principal Financial Group, McCaughan led an organization of 1,800+ employees doing business in more than 80 countries. A market commentator and prolific originator of thought capital, McCaughan speaks around the world and is a frequent contributor to Bloomberg TV, Business Insider, CNBC, and Financial Times. He has commented widely on the rapid implementation of technology and its effect on economies and markets.less