The new hire will be based in London.

Northern Trust Asset Management has appointed Martha Fee as chief operating officer for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific.

Based in London, Fee will be responsible for managing international operations and infrastructure teams for Northern Trust across EMEA and APAC.

Subject to regulatory approval, Fee will also hold directorship of various entities related to the Northern Trust Asset Management business. She will report to Wayne Bowers, chief executive and chief investment officer of Northern Trust Asset Management, EMEA and APAC.

Fee joins Northern Trust Asset Management after two years at Northern Trust’s global fund services. Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2015, Fee spent 10 years at Janus Capital International.

“Our international business continues to expand its investment capabilities, client service platform and range of pooled fund vehicles” said Bowers. “Martha brings extensive international experience and deep client knowledge across these areas and we’re pleased to appoint her to continue to drive growth and diversification of our products across the regions.”

Northern Trust Asset Management is a global asset management firm serving institutional and individual investors in 29 countries. As of 30 September 2017, Northern Trust has $1.13 trillion in total assets under management.

In October, this publication reported that Northern Trust appointed Andrew Brown as head of relationship management for global fund services (GFS) in the UK.