Northern Trust has appointed Wim van Ooijen as country head for The Netherlands, succeeding Eric Pouwels, who has been named director of strategic development for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Van Ooijen is responsible for all asset servicing business development, sales and client activities across The Netherlands and will also serve as the primary contact for the regulators.

Van Ooijen, who joined Northern Trust in 2004, was previously head of Northern Trust's Dutch relationship management team.

"The Netherlands continues to be a key market for Northern Trust and one in which we have been increasingly successful as a corporation for many years," says Penelope Biggs head of Northern Trust's institutional investor group, EMEA. "Wim has a wealth of experience in supporting the sophisticated needs of our business in the region and we are delighted to promote him to lead our Dutch operations as we drive future growth."

Pouwels, who joined Northern Trust in 2005 as head of asset servicing business development for The Netherlands, will now focus on Northern Trust's business strategy for growth across EMEA.

Northern Trust has been servicing clients in The Netherlands since 1985. In March 2006, Northern Trust opened an office in Amsterdam. The office provides asset servicing and asset management solutions to institutional investors and investment managers.