Strategy & Practice Management

Northern Trust names new head of APAC sales

Northern Trust has named David I. Kim as Head of Sales for its Corporate and Institutional business across the Asia-Pacific region.

Northern Trust has named David I. Kim as Head of Sales for its Corporate and Institutional business across the Asia-Pacific region.

According to a statement, Kim will lead a team of sales managers, offering Northern Trust’s asset servicing solutions to institutional investors and investment managers across the Asia-Pacific.

Located in Singapore, Kim will report to Jon Dunham, Head of Global Sales for Northern Trust and William Mak, Head of the APAC region at Northern Trust. 

Kim succeeds Angelo Calvitto who, earlier this year, was announced to lead Northern Trust’s business in Australasia.

Kim joins Northern Trust from BNY Mellon in Boston where he was most recently Service Executive and Managing Director, overseeing a team of US asset servicing directors. 

According to the statement, Kim spent many years of his career based in Asia, including two years in Singapore and six years in Seoul where he was Head of Asset Servicing for BNY Mellon, South Korea.

Northern Trust has an established network of 11 offices across APAC - in Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and South Korea. 

As of March 31, 2018, Northern Trust had assets under custody/administration of USD10.8 trillion, and assets under management of USD1.2 trillion.