Richard Bartholomew is the director of international products for Northern Trust Asset Management, responsible for international product activities and connecting product strategy to product management. He is the senior product executive interfacing with boards of directors, regulators and other governing bodies.

Previously at Northern Trust, he was the chief risk officer for asset management, responsible for the global risk and compliance activities. He also was the chief risk officer for Northern Trust in EMEA, where he was instrumental in developing the risk management framework for the company. Other previous positions include chief operating officer of Northern Trust Global Investments Limited, global head of market and liquidity risk, global head of fiduciary risk, and wealth management chief risk officer.

Before joining Northern Trust, Richard spent 10 years with Paribas in London and Frankfurt, working in finance, operations and technology. His major areas of expertise included capital markets, treasury and managing securities and cash clearing operations. He started in financial services as an accountant with Ernst & Young, managing audits in London and Paris.