Northern Trust has added to its investment operations outsourcing group, with David Copley filling a new position as Head of Investment Operations Outsourcing for Europe.
Copley, who is based in London, is responsible for overseeing the operational implementation of Northern Trust’s investment outsourcing clients, which includes the migration of investment managers’ back and middle office activities to Northern Trust’s technology systems. Copley will also help with the overall expansion of Northern Trust’s outsourcing technology and systems capabilities.
“Northern Trust’s selection by Insight Investment and Julius Baer Investments, announced publicly in 2005, enhanced our position as a leading provider of asset servicing solutions to investment managers,” says Peter Holman, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Investment Operations Outsourcing at Northern Trust. “We are strategically focused on building on this and further expanding our outsourcing capabilities internationally. It is also paramount that we ensure that our clients continue to receive the best possible service as our businesses develop. David’s wealth of experience in investment management operations brings us even more breadth and depth of expertise and added senior resource to help us meet our expansion and client service objectives.”
David Copley brings over nine years’ investment management operations experience. He joined Northern Trust from Mellon, where he was Head of UK Investment Operations Outsourcing and Fund Accounting. Previously, he was at Deutsche Asset Management for six years, latterly as Head of UK Operations.