Northern Trust has named Kimberly Evans head of Private Capital Fund Administration in North America, leading a growing practice dedicated to providing middle- and back-office solutions for a range of alternative asset class investment managers, including real estate, private debt, infrastructure and both traditional and hybrid private equity funds in the region. Evans, with 25 years of financial services experience, will focus Northern Trust’s global capabilities on a segment of the alternatives market experiencing rapid asset growth and increased demands for transparency. Evans joined Northern Trust in 2010 and has held senior management roles, including Global Head of Client Valuation Reporting and head of the Public Funds/Taft-Hartley pensions business, with more than $800 billion in assets under custody.