Northern Trust has expanded its tax solutions capacity in Australia and New Zealand with the appointment of a new manager.

Zaf Kardaras joins Northern Trust as tax manager, supporting financial and tax reporting for clients in the funds management and superannuation industries in both Australia and New Zealand. 

Based in Melbourne, he will lead a team of 60 professionals specialising in fund accounting, unit pricing, financial reporting and tax. As a senior member of the client delivery team, he also represents the company in industry tax forums.

Kardaras brings 17 years of tax experience in the financial services industry, most recently as tax director at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Before that, he was head of taxation at IOOF Holdings and tax manager at ANZ and KPMG.

Northern Trust has grown to A$137 billion ($142 billion) in assets under custody and around A$70 billion in assets under administration since it established operations in Australia in 2007.