Jessica Hart was named retirement practice lead in Northern Trust Asset Management’s outsourced CIO business, said spokesman John O’Connell in an e-mail.
Ms. Hart, a 16-year Northern Trust employee, had led global fund construction for the asset manager’s multimanager solutions group. Mr. O’Connell said a search is underway to replace Ms. Hart in the multimanager solutions group.
Ms. Hart succeeds John McCareins, who Northern Trust announced on Tuesday had been appointed head of Asia-Pacific, asset management.