Kanchana Suresh

Kanchana Suresh is a senior vice president and regional senior investment officer at Northern Trust. In her current capacity, she leads a team of portfolio advisors within the Northern Trust Wealth Management Business. During her 20 plus years at Northern Trust, Kanchana has advised ultra-high net worth individuals and families by creating and implementing customized investment solutions built to achieve their financial goals. She also has worked with nonprofit institutions and helped them to manage their investment portfolios.

Kanchana has a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She is a chartered financial analyst and a certified private wealth advisor.

While growing up in India, Kanchana helped many families struggling to put food on the table. After moving to the U.S., she continued to work with Child Relief and You, an organization working to improve the health, education and safety of children. In the last few years, she has continued to spend time with Feed My Starving Children. She is currently a board member of Nourishing Hope Chicago.

Kanchana lives in the Lakeshore East area of Chicago. Her interests include running, hiking and yoga.