Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC named Kimberley Stafford head of Asia-Pacific.

Stafford is managing director and global head of PIMCO's consultant relations group. Stafford will succeed Eric Mogelof, managing director and head of Asia-Pacific, who will assume a new role as head of the company's U.S. global wealth management business.

The appointments are effective immediately. Stafford will relocate to Hong Kong midyear, while Mogelof will move to New York in June.