Northern Trust has named Alison Pain as its chief technology officer (CTO) for the Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) region.

From her London base, Pain will focus on providing leadership and guidance to the planning, organisation, direction and control of the enterprise technology business unit across the EMEA region. She reports to chief information officer Tom South, locally reporting to EMEA president Teresa Parker.

Prior to joining, Pain served as managing director at Deutsche Bank, and before that spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs, leading infrastructure service and application development functions in EMEA and globally. She also has additional technology and program management experience at Barclays Private Bank, Land Securities Properties and NatWest.

South said: “In the world of ever-changing technology, it’s crucial to be able to effectively navigate this complex landscape and respond to and anticipate our clients’ requirements.

"Through her [Pain's] broad array of technology infrastructure experience gained working across global, complex organisations, we are well placed to continue to develop and refine the future of our organisation and deliver technology capabilities and solutions aligned with our clients’ needs and expectations and business strategies.”

Northern Trust provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, it has a global presence with offices in 22 US states and across 22 locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region.

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