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Thomas South

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Insight Partners source, reviewed October 8, 2026: Thomas is an Executive Vice President at The Northern Trust Company and currently serves as Chief Information Officer for the Firm. Tom was appointed Executive Vice President as head of Enterprise Business Architecture in February 2016, responsible for business unit technology strategy development, operations change management, and location strategy to support a scalable global operating model. Prior to his current role, Tom spent two years as the Chief Operating Officer of Operations and Technology. Prior to that, Tom was IT Director for Wealth Management, focused on development of mobile platforms for customer engagement. Previously, Tom was Director of Investment Technology for nearly four years, where he planned and oversaw a comprehensive modernization of virtually all major systems supporting Northern Trust Asset Management. Tom joined Northern Trust in an IT Leadership role in the Benefit Payment Systems group in August 1999, and became Division Manager of that group in December 2001. In December 2003, Tom transferred into the Client Delivery Group within Worldwide Technology with responsibility for management of application development for all Wealth Management client facing applications including the build out of the Wealth Passport suite of tools focused on Family Offices and the needs of their family members and partners. Prior to joining Northern Trust, Tom served in technology leadership roles at both Automated Concepts Inc. and Ace Hardware Corporation. Tom currently serves as the board chairman of Make-A-Wish Foundation, Illinois Chapter and is seeking opportunities to provide greater support for gender diversity in the STEM fields.