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John Turney

Global Head of Total Portfolio Solutions

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John Turney is a Senior Vice President and Global Head of Total Portfolio Solutions. John leads a team of experts delivering software and services that support the entire investment lifecycle. From seventeen global locations, the team supports alternative asset administration, comprehensive middle office services and powerful analytics across public and private assets for asset managers and asset owners.

Prior to his current role, John led Northern Trust’s Alternative Asset Services (AAS) and Front Office Solutions (FOS) businesses, delivering software and services that empower asset owners to efficiently evaluate portfolios, acquire better insights and mitigate operational risk to power investment decisions. John was responsible for overall business strategy, working closely with cross-functional colleagues to lead the continued, global expansion of FOS and the delivery and evolution of the AAS platform.

John has held a number of positions within the Global Foreign Exchange (GFX) and Global Fund Services (GFS) businesses. Most recently, John served as Global Head of Northern Trust's GFX business, working closely with partners in GFX and across Northern Trust to coordinate the development, delivery, and sale of FX services to institutional clients, and the management of the related risk. John was also the Global Head of Outsourced FX, managing the CompleteFX and Passive Currency Overlay businesses. John also led the development and launch of CompleteFX, has worked in GFX Sales, focusing on business and product development, and has managed institutional client relationships.

Prior to Northern Trust, John served as a Vice President of Luminous Capital, now a division of First Republic Investment Management. While at Luminous, John worked closely with one of the firm's founding partners managing a portion of the firm's then $6bn in assets across various liquid and illiquid strategies.

John received a Bachelor of Science in International Political Economy from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University.

John formerly completed the NFA's Swaps Proficiency Requirements and registered as an Associated Person (AP) of Northern Trust's Swap Dealer. Former Series 65 Licensed Professional.

John has previously served on the board of the Global Foreign Exchange Division (GFXD) of the GFMA. 

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