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Northern Trust Asset Management Names Global Institutional Client Group Head
Amy Johnston will lead the firm’s engagement with asset owners.
Reported by Matt Toledo
Amy Johnston
Northern Trust Asset Management announced Tuesday the appointment of Amy Johnston as head of its institutional client group.
Johnston will succeed Lyenda Simpson Delp in the role, who left Northern Trust in December 2025 to lead distribution for insurance and other institutional clients at Franklin Templeton. Johnston’s appointment is effective immediately, a spokesperson for Northern Trust said, and she will be based in Chicago and report to NTAM President Michael Huntsad.
Northern Trust manages $1.6 trillion in assets, including $1.4 trillion for institutional investors and family offices. In the role, Johnston will lead the firm’s institutional distribution and sales teams.
Johnston joins NTAM from State Street, where she held various senior roles across with the organization from Boston and Sydney over 14 years, most recently as managing director and head of distribution strategy for the firm’s Americas institutional client group.
“Amy brings deep institutional market expertise, a client-centered approach to growth and a strong record of building high-performing teams,” Hunstad said in a statement. “Her broad global perspective, distribution leadership experience and ability to connect client needs with innovative investment solutions make her exceptionally well-positioned to help our clients achieve their goals and to advance our continued growth.”
Johnston holds a bachelor’s of business degree in marketing and international business from the Queensland University of Technology and a graduate diploma of applied finance and investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.