Marisa J. Kurk

Marisa Kurk is a Senior Vice President and COO of Northern Trust’s Global Foreign Exchange (GFX) business. In this capacity, Marisa drives the day-to-day enablement of GFX business strategy and operations.  Marisa leads the GFX Middle Office and business operations teams and coordinates the efforts of various business support functions including legal, compliance, control and marketing.  She works closely with partners in GFX and across Northern Trust’s Corporate & Institutional Services unit to delivery best practices in FX to existing and prospective clients.

Marisa brings more than 15 years of industry experience, in FX operating and strategic risk management frameworks, including the management of legal and regulatory risks, as well as market best practices, controls and client servicing. 

Prior to joining Northern Trust, Kurk served as COO of Belvedere Trading, LLC and COO and Senior Managing Director of Currency Management at Mesirow Financial.