Jeff is a Senior Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services (NTHFS) North America. He is responsible for elevating Northern Trust’s profile in the hedge fund administration market driven by market-leading technology underlying an integrated back and middle office operating model and subject matter expertise in servicing hedge fund clients with complex strategies and products – with Northern Trust’s global scale, asset and custody servicing capabilities, and reputation. Since the acquisition of Omnium in 2011 Jeff had served as the Chief Operating Officer of NTHFS and has overseen a significant expansion of the business.

Prior to Northern Trust’s acquisition of Omnium, he served on Omnium’s executive management team in a dual role as Global Head of Finance and Head of Financial Control, Reporting and Investor Services. Prior to Omnium, Jeff held a number of progressively senior roles with Citadel, most recently serving as Director of Finance. In this capacity he was responsible for key corporate functions including Finance and Accounting, Accounting Policy, Financial Planning and Analysis, Valuation and Product Control.

Prior to Citadel, Jeff was U.S. Chief Financial Officer of Betrusted. Jeff began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) where he was a director in Financial Risk Management Practice and prior to that senior manager in the Banking and Capital Markets Practice.

Jeff is a Certified Public Accountant and received bachelor degrees in Business and Accounting from North Carolina State University.