10 Northern Trust operations leaders
Head of Banking Operations, Global Head Collateral Operations and Senior Vice President, Securities Operations are among the titles held today by these Northern Trust operations leaders, alongside roles in fund servicing, transfer agency and depositary operations. A reader can learn how operations leaders work at Northern Trust from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
Ashish Mittal
LinkedInExperience: Head of Operations Senior Vice President - Fund Servicing & Administration · Northern Trust
Ashish Mittal has been Head of Operations Senior Vice President - Fund Servicing & Administration at Northern Trust since February 2017. The profile describes Ashish Mittal as a global operations executive and senior vice president, with the role covering operations for the fund servicing and administration business.
Caitlin Schreck
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Head of Operations & Investor Services - North America Transfer Agency · Northern Trust
Caitlin Schreck has been SVP, Head of Operations & Investor Services - North America Transfer Agency at Northern Trust since August 2025. Caitlin Schreck was Senior Vice President, Sr. Client Service Manager in Investment Operations Outsourcing from 2024 to 2025 and held client service manager roles in that group from 2016 to 2024.
Jennifer Smeets
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations · Northern Trust
Jennifer Smeets has been Senior Vice President Operations at Northern Trust since August 1998, and the profile describes the role as Global Manager of Banking and Treasury Management Services. Jennifer Smeets was a consultant at New Resources Consulting from 1996 to 1998.
Muhammad Siraj Shiroor
LinkedInExperience: Global Head Collateral Operations · Northern Trust
Muhammad Siraj Shiroor has been Global Head Collateral Operations at Northern Trust since March 2023, with a headline of Global Head of Collateral Operations and Senior Vice President. Muhammad Siraj Shiroor has also been Senior Vice President at Northern Operating Services Pvt Ltd since May 2022, after vice president and operations manager roles there from 2015.
Paul Spurgis
LinkedInExperience: Head of Banking Operations · Northern Trust
Paul Spurgis has been Head of Banking Operations at Northern Trust since October 2021, with a headline of Senior Vice President, and lists deposit operations, ATM and debit card, and retained asset services in the role. Paul Spurgis was Division Manager, Banking Operations at Northern Trust from 2016 to 2021 and an operations manager at JPMorganChase.
Rhys Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Securities Operations · Northern Trust
Rhys Thomas has been Senior Vice President, Securities Operations at Northern Trust since November 2022, a role the profile describes as practice executive for custody tax operations. Rhys Thomas was Senior Vice President, Global Head of Income and International Tax Operations from 2013 to 2017 and Global Head of Trade Processing and Settlements from 2010 to 2013.
Ritu Srivastava
LinkedInExperience: Head of Depositary Operations India · Northern Trust
Ritu Srivastava has been Head of Depositary Operations India at Northern Trust since July 2024, alongside the role of Senior Vice President APAC Head Strategic Transformation, Transfer Agency, held since April 2011. Ritu Srivastava was a Senior Manager, Mutual Fund Services at Karvy Computershare from 2008 to 2010.
Robert (Bob) Sturgis
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations - Innovation and Solutions · Northern Trust
Robert (Bob) Sturgis has been Senior Vice President Operations - Innovation and Solutions at Northern Trust since January 2015 and describes completing year one of a five-year savings program to consolidate like functions into a single processing platform. Robert Sturgis was Senior Vice President Operations - Global Head of Reconciliations from 2007 to 2015.
Sailesh Pant
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations · Northern Trust
Sailesh Pant has been Senior Vice President Operations at Northern Trust in Pune since March 2026, after serving as Head of Operations there from March 2023 to March 2026. Sailesh Pant was a Divisional Manager and Vice President at Northern Trust from 2020 to 2023 and an operations manager there from 2016 to 2019.
Steve Drew
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Finance Operations · Northern Trust
Steve Drew has been Senior Vice President Finance Operations at Northern Trust since March 2024, with a headline of Senior Vice President Brokerage Operations. Steve Drew was Vice President Operations at Northern Trust from 2019 to 2024 and Head Australia Middle Office Equity and FICC at Citi from 2014 to 2019.
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