IRELAND – Northern Trust’s Dublin-based fund administration subsidiary has appointed Meliossa O’Caoimh as head of operations.

O’Caoimh will oversee the management of Northern Trust’s main operations divisions, including shareholder services, fund accounting and back-office services at Northern Trust (Ireland) Limited, and will have around 65 members of staff reporting to her.

O’Caiomh replaces Nick Wright, who left the company in October to return to London.

Prior to joining Northern Trust, O’Caiomh was head of transfer agency operations at Pioneer Global Investments in Dublin.

Northern Trust Ireland is made up of three companies: Northern Trust Custodial Services (Ireland), Northern Trust Investor Services (Ireland) and Northern Trust fund Services Ireland.

Northern Trust has over 1.44 trillion dollars in assets under custody and more than 293 billion dollars in assets under management.