Paulin will focus on strengthening relationships with key Northern Trust clients across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific at the highest levels of their organisations, creating synergies and facilitating access to the bank’s asset servicing and asset management solutions.

“Our clients face diverse challenges from cost to performance to reporting and beyond. To address this, we created this role to closely collaborate with the chief investment officers of both asset owners and asset managers to better understand their comprehensive needs and build strategic solutions leveraging Northern Trust’s full range of expertise and services,” Asset Servicing President Pete Cherecwich said. “In this role Gary will seamlessly connect our businesses to efficiently provide Northern Trust’s complete solutions and capabilities to some of the world’s most sophisticated investment organisations.”

“With a 25-year background in senior-level investment research, business creation, asset management, capital markets and asset servicing roles, Gary is well positioned to identify opportunities to utilize our full range of solutions to help clients meet their unique challenges,” Asset Management President Daniel Gamba said. “Creating this role will enhance our singular focus on working with clients to optimize their operating models and leverage our constantly evolving global asset servicing and management capabilities.”

Paulin, who served most recently as Head of Global Strategic Solutions for Asset Servicing, will continue to be based in London and report to both Cherecwich and Gamba.

Paulin will continue to write The Weekender, which offers a weekly perspective on global market developments and their potential broader implications.