Northern Trust has made three London-based appointments across its institutional product and business development teams:
Howard Rapley has been appointed global product lead, securities services, responsible for the strategy and capabilities supporting client assets held by Northern Trust. These include safekeeping, settlement, income, corporate actions and tax reclamation services. Rapley spent two decades with Citi in Europe, where he held senior product management and business leadership positions.
Kate Webber has been appointed global product lead, fund services, responsible for developing Northern Trust’s capabilities supporting asset manager and fund company clients. Webber’s remit includes ensuring the global alignment of fund administration, fund accounting, transfer agency and fund distribution services. She joins from Calastone Limited, where she was head of product development, and has also worked at BNY Mellon and IFDS.
Benjamin Bobroff has been appointed senior technology sales consultant for EMEA. He will engage with asset owners and asset managers to support their investment decision-making and oversight, including their use of data, analytics and Northern Trust’s technology solutions. He joins from BlackRock, where he worked on strategic distribution partnerships, and has also worked at J.P. Morgan.