Northern Trust has strengthened its trust offering in Connecticut with the appointment of Kurt Koehler as senior vice president and senior personal trust relationship manager.

Koehler, who has over a decade of experience in trust and estate planning, was most recently the senior vice president and market trust director for US Trust, Bank of America, where he advised families in multi-generational estate and tax planning and trust administration.

In his new role, he will be responsible for providing wealth management services to the high net worth community in the area. He reports to Joanie Stringer, the managing director of personal financial services in Connecticut.

Northern Trust is Chicago-based and operates out of 18 offices in the US and 16 internationally. As of 31 December 2009, it had $3.7 trillion in assets under custody and $627.2 billion under investment management.