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STOCKHOLM & LONDON--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Northern Trust (Nasdaq:NTRS) announced today that it has appointed Belinda Burgess as head of the Nordic region. Burgess, who is based in Stockholm, replaces Madeleine Senior who has been appointed as head of sales for Northern Trustas asset servicing business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

"Northern Trust works with some of the most sophisticated asset owners and investment managers in the Nordics"

In her new role, Burgess is responsible for managing the growth and development of Northern Trustas business activities across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. She reports to Penelope Biggs, head of the Institutional Investor Group for EMEA, and will work closely with John Krieg, managing director of Northern Trustas asset management business in EMEA.

Burgess joined Northern Trust in 2005 and was most recently a senior executive within Northern Trustas Global Fund Services business, where she was responsible for client service for global asset managers, insurance funds and in-house managed pension schemes. Burgess has more than 20 years of industry experience, working across a wide range of operational, transition management and client facing roles.

aNorthern Trust works with some of the most sophisticated asset owners and investment managers in the Nordics,a said Penelope Biggs, head of Northern Trustas Institutional Investor Group (IIG) in EMEA. aBelinda has extensive business experience and will support the Nordic team as they deliver first class asset servicing and asset management solutions to meet our clientsa unique regional requirements.a

Madeleine Senior was appointed to lead Northern Trustas development in the Nordic region when it opened a branch office in Stockholm, in September 2009. In 2011, the office extended its asset servicing offering to include asset management products and services for clients across the region. In her new role, she will report to Wilson Leech, CEO for Northern Trust in EMEA.

aMadeleine has made an outstanding contribution to the establishment of our Nordic office and expanding the delivery of our products and services across the region over the past nine years,a said Leech. aShe understands the key challenges faced by institutional investors and fund managers and we are pleased to leverage Madeleineas expertise to manage asset servicing sales teams across EMEA, in London.a

Northern Trustas asset servicing sales teams promote Northern Trustas asset servicing and related products for investment manager clients and institutional investors. Northern Trustas Institutional Investor Group provides custody and related services to more than 900 pension fund clients across the globe, including 22 percent of the top 50 Nordic pension funds. The Global Funds Services business supports more than 450 investment manager clients across the globe and 20 investment operations outsourcing relationships.

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