Josh Cohen

Josh Cohen

Global Wealth Institutional Client Group

Contact

+1 (312) 861-4440

Josh is a Managing Director in PGIM’s Institutional Client Group, focused on DC Solutions. In this role, he promotes PGIM’s DC insights and solutions to institutional defined contribution (DC) consultants and plan sponsors.

Before joining the firm, Josh was the Head of Defined Contribution for Russell Investments where he was responsible for the leadership, strategic direction, and growth of Russell Investments’ U.S. Defined Contribution (DC) asset management business.

Prior to his twelve years at Russell Investments, he spent nine years at Hewitt Associates.

Josh served a three-year term (2013-2015) as a member of the Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council on policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. He is also actively involved with several industry organizations, including the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association(DCIIA), serving as an executive committee member and former Chair of the Retirement Research Board, and the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), serving as a member of the Board of Trustees and Research Chair.

He received a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation.