Marie Dzanis – Industry veteran

Marie is a former Chief Executive Officer and a former Head of Asset Management for Europe Middle East and Africa. She has had final accountability and expert knowledge across entire global asset management businesses containing a wide range of asset classes. She has proven expertise on strategy, governance, corporate client culture business development and operations. Recognised with a top ‘Women To Watch’ award and multiple ‘Top Women in Asset Management’ awards, Marie specialises in transformative change. She has held executive and leadership positions at top tier firms throughout her career, and has multiple lenses into the manufacturing, strategy, ESG leadership, digital and technology perspective with keen empathy for client needs. Marie has managed and has transformed several lines of business with institutional, intermediary and wealth channels. She has worked in securities lending and trading, product development, product, sales management and branch management, and began her career in the industry as a financial advisor. She was the CEO of Northern Trust Global Investments, served on several affiliate boards, risk committees, and executive committees within Northern Trust. She recently was on the board of Directors for the Investment Association of the UK and the Irish Association of Investment Management. She was the Chair for the Investment Association UK Finance, Audit and Risk committee. She was on the women’s board of the University of Chicago Cancer Foundation, involved in Women in ETFs and is on the Advisory Board For BlinkNow Foundation and is an associate producer for the Maggie Doyne award winning documentary called ‘Between the Mountain and the Sky’.