Asset Servicing Expert
Leon Stavrou
Head of Australia and New Zealand Northern Trust
Leon is the Head of Australia and New Zealand at Northern Trust. He is responsible for the overall business and strategic direction for asset servicing, asset management and capital markets solutions for sophisticated institutional clients across the region.
Leon has over 20 years’ experience in operations, investment administration and fund services in the Australian market. He joined Northern Trust in 2010 and was most recently a global services executive responsible for Northern Trust’s asset servicing operations across Australia, and for ensuring the provision and development of Northern Trust’s tailored range of asset servicing solutions to clients across Asia Pacific.
Prior to joining Northern Trust, Leon held managerial roles at National Australia Bank Asset Servicing.
His qualifications include a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, a Certified Practicing Accountant and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.
Leon's Insights & Research
The Asia-Pacific region is vast, with diverse markets, regulations, and investor base maturity. Yet institutional asset owners in the region confront many of the same challenges, such as shifting asset allocation strategies, evolving liquidity needs, cost margin pressures and the quest for better, more accurate data to enable decision-making.
Liquidity is emerging as a strategic priority for Australian superannuation funds (also known as “super funds”) amid a convergence of market, regulatory, and operational pressures.
In collaboration with Investment Magazine, Northern Trust proudly sponsored the inaugural “Systemic Impacts in Big Super” Roundtable, a pioneering forum exploring emerging risks and strategic responses within Australia’s superannuation sector.
Expert insights from Northern Trust and industry leaders on systemic risks in superannuation.
Download the whitepaper to learn more about the benefits and challenges of adding alternative investment options in DC plans.
In this episode, host Paul Fahey speaks with Leon Stavrou, Head of Australia and New Zealand at Northern Trust, to discuss key findings from Northern Trust’s asset owner peer study, “Asset Owners in Focus”.