Josh Cohen will join PGIM as head of institutional defined contribution for its Institutional Relationship Group, PGIM announced Tuesday.

PGIM is the global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial Inc., which has more than $1 trillion in assets under management.

Cohen will serve as an advisor to PGIM’s large defined contribution clients providing counsel and thought leadership on investment issues ranging from plan design, qualified default investment alternatives, implications of regulatory change and implementation.

Cohen was most recently 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 asset management business across the institutional and intermediary channels.