Northern Trust Asset Management Hires Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa

Northern Trust (Nasdaq: NTRS) Asset Management has named Hazel McNeilage as Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), in line with its continuing focus on building relationships with institutional clients across the region.

McNeilage holds responsibility for institutional business development and relationship management across the region and forms part of the leadership team for Northern Trust Asset Management’s business in EMEA. Based in London, she reports to Wayne Bowers, head of Northern Trust Asset Management, EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

"Hazel is a seasoned financial professional who, through her global experience and expertise, understands the particular investment needs of sophisticated institutional investors,” said Bowers. "Hazel brings deep knowledge of asset management coupled with strong board governance experience, and her leadership will continue to position us for growth across the region.”

McNeilage has more than 30 years of financial services experience across Australia, South Africa, Asia, the United States, and Europe. Her previous experience includes head of funds management for a large sovereign fund and head of a regional investment consulting business as well as other senior investment management roles.

"Northern Trust’s client centric approach and reputation for ethics and integrity were major factors in my decision to join the organization,” said McNeilage. "Northern Trust Asset management has a range of high quality investment management capabilities relevant to the needs of institutional investors across the globe.”

Northern Trust offers clients in EMEA a broad range of investment management capabilities, across equities, fixed interest and cash management. This includes Engineered Equity, Northern Trust’s approach to factor based investing and strategies incorporating environment, social and governance (ESG) principles, as well as more traditional index management. Capabilities are available through both commingled funds and segregated accounts, with a focus on designing investment strategies to meet the individual needs of investors.

About Northern Trust

Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust has offices in the United States in 19 states and Washington, D.C., and 20 international locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of September 30, 2015, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$6 trillion, and assets under management of US$887 billion. For more than 125 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation. Visit northerntrust.com or follow us on Twitter @NorthernTrust.

Northern Trust Corporation, Head Office: 50 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603 U.S.A., incorporated with limited liability in the U.S. Global legal and regulatory information can be found at http://www.northerntrust.com/disclosures

Asset Management at Northern Trust comprises Northern Trust Investments, Inc., Northern Trust Global Investments Limited, Northern Trust Global Investments Japan, K.K., NT Global Advisors, Inc. and investment personnel of The Northern Trust Company of Hong Kong Limited and The Northern Trust Company.

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