CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northern Trust, a leading provider of financial services for institutions, affluent individuals and families, announced today that Scott Murray has joined as Chief Technology Officer. He comes to Northern Trust with more than 20 years of experience as a technology executive at major financial institutions.
“We are delighted to welcome Scott Murray to lead our global technology infrastructure and application development teams,” said Joyce St. Clair, President of Operations & Technology at Northern Trust. “Our clients rely on Northern Trust to deliver innovative wealth management, investment and asset servicing solutions on a reliable, secure and robust technology platform. Scott brings a great range of experience to bear in guiding our technology development to meet the needs of a growing client base that includes successful families, asset managers and sophisticated institutional investors in markets worldwide.”
As Chief Technology Officer, Murray will lead new technology development, support client-facing applications and maintain back-office infrastructure, including data centers for Northern Trust’s global operating platform serving clients in approximately 40 countries worldwide. Murray comes to Northern Trust from JPMorgan Chase & Co., where he most recently served as business global program office head for Treasury Services. Previously, as Global Chief Information Officer for Treasury Services at JPMorgan Chase, he led the technology merger of the JPMorgan and Bank One cash management businesses. He has also been chief technology officer for the Capital Markets group at Bank One and a senior technology manager for Asset Management at Deutsche Bank. Murray holds a B.S. in Business and Computer Science from Purdue University and a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School Of Business.
“At Northern Trust, technology is all about creating value for clients, through innovations that provide accurate data and actionable information in a secure environment,” Murray said. “I am excited to join Northern Trust and committed to building on its well-deserved reputation for technology leadership in wealth management and institutional asset servicing.”
Northern Trust has been recognized for technology excellence by organizations including Oracle, which cited Northern Trust for application grid development in the Oracle Fusion Middleware Innovation Awards 2010, and ComputerWorld magazine, which has named Northern Trust one of the “Best Places to Work in IT” for eight consecutive years.
About Northern Trust
Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of investment management, asset and fund administration, banking solutions and fiduciary services for corporations, institutions and affluent individuals worldwide. Northern Trust, a financial holding company based in Chicago, has offices in 18 U.S. states and 16 international locations in North America, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of June 30, 2011, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$4.4 trillion, and assets under investment management of US$684.1 billion. For more than 120 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader in combining exceptional service and expertise with innovative products and technology. For more information, visit www.northerntrust.com.