Fearghal Woods has been named head of EMEA fund administration product at Northern Trust.
Woods—who joined Northern Trust in 2011—is the current chairman of the Irish Funds Industry Association Council.
Based in Dublin, he will be responsible for defining and executing the regional product strategy in support of asset managers, including fund accounting, transfer agency, and ETF administration.
Paul Fahey, head of product and strategy for global fund services at Northern Trust, said: “As our clients offer a wider array of investment strategies across multiple jurisdictions, Northern Trust combines a truly global operations and technology platform with the expertise of a local provider.”
“Fearghal will draw on years of product and business development experience in European fund administration to support our asset manager clients and prospects that sponsor and distribute products in the EMEA region.”
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