Chief Information Officer · Northern Trust Corp. (NTRS)

Thomas South

FY2025 is the first fiscal year CompBrief holds for Thomas South as a named executive officer of Northern Trust; the record below is that year, complete. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2025

$4,624,352

3rd of 5 named executive officers at Northern Trust by FY2025 total.

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed March 11, 2026 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-10.

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Thomas South compensation by year

Northern Trust Summary Compensation Table · the one fiscal year held
In US dollars, as Northern Trust reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2025
Salary$656,250
Bonus$0
Stock awards$2,635,177
Option awards$0
Non-equity incentive$1,065,000
Pension and deferred compensation$246,476
All other$21,449
Total$4,624,352

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: Northern Trust Corp. DEF 14A filed March 11, 2026, accession 0000073124-26-000022, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the Northern Trust Corp. filed document, accession 0000073124-26-000022. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed March 11, 2026.

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2025 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
PSU49,353$6,741,126—
RSU33,339$4,553,774—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in Northern Trust Corp.'s FY2025 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

4 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed March 11, 2026)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-11-03Tax withholding—683$171.7892,234
2026-08-24Sale—1,800$184.9092,917
2026-05-22Gift—320$0.0094,717
2026-05-04Gift—1,300$0.0095,037

The 4 most recent of 4 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Northern Trust’s named executive officers, FY2025

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2025 total
Michael O'GradyChairman and Chief Executive Officer$10,059,154
Peter CherecwichChief Operating Officer$4,782,539
Thomas South · this pageChief Information Officer$4,624,352
Jason TylerPresident, Wealth Management$4,525,504
David FoxChief Financial Officer$3,451,073

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