Les Beale

Les joined Northern Trust in 2011 as Global Head of Investment Operations Outsourcing Product Development, and is responsible for driving the strategy and development of our future services for both global fund managers and institutional investors.

Prior to joining Northern Trust, Les worked for State Street in numerous capacities. He joined State Street at the beginning of 2001 as part of the first European lift out where as Operations Director he led the team across from SWIP. At State Street he was IMS Operations Director for EMEA, and was responsible for operations and service delivery as well as providing product and sales support to grow the State Street business. In 2007, he moved into on-boarding and transferred to South Africa for two years to run the office and transition the client business onto the core architecture. On his return to the UK he was responsible for the operational deployment of all clients onto the core architecture, as well as leading the due diligence stream for client migrations.
Prior to this role, Les had worked in SWIP/Hill Samuel Asset Management for 20 years in operations, client servicing and change management, where he oversaw several integrations through the acquisitive nature of the parent bank.