Northern Trust has appointed Sara Gilbert to spearhead business development for its alternatives asset servicing business in Europe.
Northern Trust has appointed Sara Gilbert to spearhead business development for its alternatives asset servicing business in Europe. This key hire underscores Northern Trust’s continuing strategic focus on alternatives, where it now supports over USS1.4 trillion in assets on behalf of global asset managers and asset owners.
In her role as a senior executive for alternatives business development, Gilbert will be responsible for further accelerating Northern Trust’s asset servicing solutions for multi-class strategies including private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds. Based in Luxembourg, she joins the multi-jurisdictional Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) business development team which is focused on building relationships with managers and asset owners across the globe looking to establish funds in Luxembourg, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Guernsey.
Gilbert joins Northern Trust from AltaReturn in Hong Kong, where her role was focused on expanding their business into Asia-Pacific. She previously held roles at SS&C Technologies, SunGard/FIS, PerTrac, Financial News and the Financial Times.
Clive Bellows, head of Global Fund Services for EMEA, at Northern Trust, says: “Sara has extensive global experience working with alternative asset managers, helping them achieve best practice in their operating models, enhance efficiency, decision making and investor engagement. Her appointment, combined with Northern Trust’s innovative products and services will drive our continued growth across the alternative asset investment spectrum.”
Northern Trust offers an extensive range of asset servicing solutions for many of the world’s leading asset managers and asset owners across sectors including private equity, private debt, real estate, infrastructure and hedge funds. Its broad range of services includes fund administration, depositary, custody, middle office, banking, treasury and sophisticated reporting solutions.
