Asset Servicing Expert
Melanie Pickett
Chief Transformation Officer
Melanie is chief transformation officer at Northern Trust, leading firmwide initiatives that accelerate innovation and adapt to market changes. She is a member of Northern Trust’s Leadership Team and Governance Oversight Committee, contributing to enterprise leadership and strategic governance.
Melanie brings expertise across asset servicing, wealth and asset management. Before joining Northern Trust, she held senior roles at Morgan Stanley, leading modernization programs in operations, product, strategy, and digital platforms, and served as operations lead for the Morgan Stanley–Smith Barney integration. She was previously COO and managing director at Emory Investment Management, overseeing transformation of its $8 billion investment office.
She joined Northern Trust in 2017 to build Front Office Solutions, leading the Parilux Investment Technologies acquisition and launching the platform in 2019. The business now supports more than $1 trillion in institutional assets, and she has since held executive roles across asset owner and asset manager segments.
Melanie serves on the board of Northern Trust Securities, Inc., and has held board roles with NICSA, Parilux, and IMDDA. She is also a founding member of Funds4Food. She holds a master’s in technology management from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s in political science from the University of Georgia.
Melanie's Insights & Research
We recently surveyed 180 global asset owners on their evolving priorities and how they are navigating today’s challenges and positioning for the future.
July 25, 2023
Institutional investors with multi-asset portfolios are under pressure to manage data with advanced, holistic systems that equip them to make faster, better decisions. To meet the data management challenge, many are finding that collaborating with a data automation provider is a cost-effective solution.
July 11, 2023
High-profile incidents in the financial services industry this year have highlighted the importance of due diligence and accurate data for private markets investors. Northern Trust’s Melanie Pickett explains how asset owners can harness the power of their data to assess risk and drive impactful results.
June 11, 2023
FundFire sat down with experts from Northern Trust and ESG data technology platform Novata to learn more about how they are improving data standards in private markets by equipping investors with a holistic view of their data, empowering them to become more informed investors.
November 17, 2022
Melanie Pickett joins the Capital Allocator podcast to discuss the technology challenges in the investment office and trends in asset allocation, technology, and more.
August 17, 2022
Change is constant, and that is a good thing. The institutional investment industry has seen significant change in recent years, and it continues to grow and evolve in multiple ways.
May 17, 2022
While many trends are shaping the future of institutional investing, three key factors have significant implications for asset owners, particularly in the area of data science.