Northern Trust has appointed Caroline Higgins, former head of transfer agency at Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), as head of its global fund services in Asia.
Higgins will focus on bringing Northern Trust’s fund services to its Asia-based investment manager clients.
She will also help Northern Trust’s existing clients distribute products in Asia and look for local time zone support.
Higgins has 25 years’ experience working in the fund servicing industry and has worked in Ireland, Australia and Hong Kong.
Head of Northern Trust in Asia-Pacific, Willam Mak, said Higgins will be ‘spearheading’ its focus on expanding its global fund services in the region.
“Asia-Pacific is the fastest growing region for Northern Trust and we see increasing opportunity to expand our fund servicing business in Asia,” he added.