Shundrawn A. Thomas serves as the President of Asset Management. In his previous role as Executive Vice President, Head of Funds and Managed Accounts Group he was responsible for the development, management and distribution of the firm's mutual funds, institutional mutual funds and exchange-traded funds as well as related business activities. He also oversaw the Managed Accounts practice which provides investment advisory solutions to existing clients and financial intermediaries. His broad executive responsibilities involved developing long-term strategy, executing operating plans, managing client and vendor relationships and developing and retaining talented professionals.
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Previously, Shundrawn served as President and Chief Executive of Northern Trust Securities, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern Trust Corporation. In addition to his general management responsibilities, he was responsible for overseeing financial management and working with regulators including FINRA and the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also served as Head of Corporate Strategy for Northern Trust Corporation. As a direct report to the Chief Executive Officer, he supported executive management with key strategic planning initiatives. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Shundrawn served as a vice president for Goldman Sachs and held positions in sales, trading and research with Morgan Stanley.
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Shundrawn received a B.S. degree in Accounting from Florida A&M University and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has also completed executive education programs in corporate strategy at Chicago Booth School of Business and corporate governance at University of Notre Dame Mendoza School of Business. Shundrawn currently holds the FINRA series 7, 63 and 24 securities licenses.
Peter Herrlin leads Northern Trusts Client Solutions Banking & Markets group within EMEA. He is responsible for the business development and delivery of product led solutions to clients across the entire Capital Markets spectrum; working across the region with Asset Owners and Asset Managers to develop strategic client relationships. Â
Prior to joining NT, Peter spent 10 years at SEB in various senior leadership roles including heading up Prime Brokerage sales globally as well as leading the development of the UK institutional client business. Before joining SEB, Peter held senior roles running teams within equities and hedge fund sales at several US and European Investment banks, having started his career as a fixed income trader. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Boston University and an MBA from London Business school.
Herman is responsible for business development and relationship management for Northern Trust in the Netherlands. He is closely connected to the Capital Markets product development for Institutional Investors such as Pension Funds and Investment Managers. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Herman was chief operating officer (COO) at Blackrock for the Benelux, Nordics, the Middle East and Africa, and the Isle of Man.
Herman earned a Master of Science degree (MSc) in Business Economics from Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He is also certified by the VBA & EFFAS (Dutch and European Association of Financial Analysts) as RBA and CEFA Charter holder.
Valeria Dinershteyn, Director of Sustainable Investing Client Engagement for EMEA at Northern Trust Asset Management, is responsible for education and innovation in the firm’s sustainable investing capabilities. Within her role, she helps clients in developing new strategies incorporating ESG and climate considerations in their portfolios and investment philosophies. She is a frequent presenter on sustainable investing solutions at firm and industry meetings and events.
Prior to joining Northern Trust Asset Management in 2019, Valeria worked at Kempen Capital Management as a responsible investment specialist. In this role, she covered environmental engagement activities, helped clients develop and implement their responsible investing policies and contributed to the company’s award-winning annual responsible investment (RI) report.
Valeria has broad international experience having studied in Russia, the U.S. and the Netherlands. She holds a bachelor’s degree in linguistics and social studies from St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University (Russia), a master’s degree in financial management from Nyenrode Business University (the Netherlands) and is a CFA charterholder.
 Based in Amsterdam, Benjamin is responsible for new business development in the Netherlands and the wider Benelux region. Benjamin has been working in financial services since 2003 and brings a wealth of knowledge in the Asset Owner and Asset Management market.
Benjamin is active in the Real Estate and Private Equity markets. Prior to joining Northern Trust, he worked in commercial and relationship management roles for financial institutions and local depositories in the Dutch, Belgium and French custody markets.
Martin leads our Banking & Markets initiatives in Continental Europe. Before this, he served 8 years as Client Executive for innovative and complex Corporate & Institutional clients within the Dutch Client Service team at Northern Trust Amsterdam.
Before joining Northern Trust in 2008, Martin held several senior positions with brokers, hedge funds and trading companies. During his 23-year career, he has performed various roles in sales & relationship management. These include being responsible for business development and sales at The Kyte Group in London, where he was a member of the Executive Committee.
Prior to that, he acted as Managing Director for international derivatives broker Inter Options Brokerage and worked for Fortis Clearing International (now ABN AMRO Clearing N.V.) as a relationship manager.
As Head of International Enterprise Client Solutions, Gary focuses on strengthening Northern Trust's relationships with key clients across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific at the highest levels of their organisations, principally their chief investment officers and chief executive officers. He works to create synergies and facilitates access to Northern Trust’s asset servicing and asset management solutions.
Gary has a background spanning over 25 years in senior-level investment research, business creation, asset management, capital markets and asset servicing roles.
He is a regular author of Northern Trust thought leadership including The Weekender, which offers his weekly perspective on global market developments and their potential broader implications.
Prior to taking up his current role, Gary was Head of Global Strategic Solutions for Northern Trust’s Asset Servicing business, working to ensure its solutions remain closely aligned with the requirements of clients around the world. He was previously Global Head of Integrated Trading Solutions, Northern Trust’s outsourced trading service.
He joined Northern Trust in May 2016 with the acquisition of brokerage firm Aviate Global, where he was the co-founder and responsible for its Thematic Research offering.
Gary has a Law Degree from Victoria University in New Zealand and a degree in Social and Political Science from Cambridge University in the UK. Prior to founding Aviate Global in 2007, Gary worked at Merrill Lynch in London in Equity Sales. He is also a registered representative with the FCA and FINRA and holds his Series 17 and 63 license.
For the last 27 years Rob has worked within the securities industry and so appreciates the scale and magnitude of disruption the financial services sector is currently addressing. Rob started his career at Deutsche Bank in 1996 where he worked for 23 years before joining Northern Trust in December 2019. Combining his own securities industry knowledge with deep relationships within the financial sector across the globe puts him in a unique position to understand key themes and issues facing many firms in the securities industry.
As a Senior Vice President within Capital Markets Brokerage for EMEA, Rob’s main focus is to develop dealing relationships with the world’s largest asset managers offering access to Northern Trust’s unique liquidity pools across Equities, Fixed Income and FX. Additionally, Rob is helping to grow Northern Trust’s outsourced execution product (Integrated Trading Solutions) for Asset Managers, Asset Owners, Hedge Funds and Family Offices.
Prior to joining Northern Trust, Rob served in various senior lead roles within Deutsche Bank and is a specialist in Equities.