By Muskan Arora
The $13.2B PKG Pension Plan has appointed Diego Liechti as chief investment officer, head of investments and a member of the executive board.
In a LinkedIn post, Leichti cited the appointment as “an important next step” in his career. Prior to joining PKG, Liechti was previously the head of asset Nest Sammelstiftung. He also worked as head of research and as a senior investment consultant at PPCmetrics.
Currently, Liechti is a board member of Responsability Participations AG and was previously on the board of PK Ruck and Inrate.
“With his many years of experience in institutional asset management and his expertise in occupational pensions, Liechti provides valuable impetus for the further development and management of our investment activities,” said PKG Pension Plan in a LinkedIn post.
In an exclusive interview with Markets Group last year, Liechti spoke about the health of the commercial office space in general, noting the sector could make a comeback both within Europe and internationally. According to a survey by Savills, although European office investments declined 21% in 2024 from 2023 levels, these transactions amounted to €14.1B in the first half of 2025.
Further, commercial office construction activity has seen a decline, with only 57,000 square meters of new office space completed in 2024, down from a peak of 343,000 square meters in 2020, according to a recent survey by JLL.
The PKG fund is a cooperative foundation, which provides pension benefits to small- and medium-sized enterprises.
