In Struan’s role as Head of Nordic Sales at Northern Trust he helps Nordic
institutional investors of all types with their business strategy, sales and growth
plans, the design of their operating model and suggests how Northern Trust may be
able to provide solutions to reduce cost, improve efficiency and support growth.
Struan first joined Northern Trust in custody operations in 1996 after gaining
a BA with Honours from Manchester Metropolitan University. In 1999, he moved into
Northern Trust’s Asset Management business, and became Deputy Head of Operations
as he designed and co-built the buy-side investment operations required to support
in-house active and passive asset management that grew to US$20 billion AUM while
in the role. Struan then became a multi-asset Transition Manager for 8 years responsible
for sales, trade execution and project management in roles at Northern Trust, ABN
Amro and Nomura. During that period he was lead manager on some of the largest and
most complex portfolio restructuring events in the Nordic and EMEA regions.
Struan sits on the Working Families group within The Diversity Project, and is
active in supporting events related to the Nordic market through The Irish Fund Association
and The Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry.
Struan holds a BA with Honours from Manchester Metropolitan University.