Northern Trust has named Jason Tyler of Ariel Investments LLC as the companys head of corporate strategy.
Caroline Devlin, who has served in that capacity since 2009, will move to the Personal Financial Services (PFS) business unit where she will guide refinement of PFS strategic goals, including plans to build upon the units international wealth management business. She will report to PFS President Jana Schreuder.
Tyler, who will join Northern Trust on September 6, is senior vice president, director of research operations and a member of the Investment Committee at Ariel Investments LLC, a $5 billion, 28-year-old investment management firm located in Chicago. He will report to Northern Trust Chairman and CEO Frederick H. Waddell.
We are delighted to welcome Jason to Northern Trust, Waddell says. He brings a deep knowledge of Northern Trust and the financial services industry. I want to thank Caroline for her tremendous work, and I look forward to Carolines continued leadership focusing on key initiatives within our PFS unit.
Before joining Ariel, Tyler spent ten years at Bank One, later acquired by J.P. Morgan Chase, managing part of the middle market commercial and institutional banking groups before becoming a finance manager in the company’s Corporate Planning & Analysis group.
Tyler serves as chairman of the board of The Joffrey Ballet as well as a board member of the Childrens Defense Fund in Washington, D.C., the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness and the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center. In 2009, Tyler was named a Business Leader of Color by Chicago United for his professional achievements and commitment to public service. Tyler also received the 2011 Arthur Turnbull Distinguished Black Alumnus of the Year awarded from the University of Chicago. Tyler received his masters of business administration from the University of Chicago and his bachelors degree in politics from Princeton University.
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