Gregory Furseth has held varied positions in his 37 year financial services career with both Northern Trust and now with TrustBank as their SVP/Chief Fiduciary Officer. In this role he oversees the Wealth Management Practice in Arizona and Illinois.
After completing the mandatory 2 years in public accounting, his financial services career began with Northern Trust's Fiduciary Tax area preparing fiduciary and estate tax returns, then moved to Financial Management where he performed Asset/Liability Management functions of budgeting and strategic planning which included internal/external reporting. At the beginning of 1996 he joined the Estate Settlement Group, where he served as the Senior Estate Administrator.
Mr. Furseth was promoted to Senior Trust and Fiduciary officer in 2004 wherein he served as the lead relationship manager for the company's Trust and Investment Management relationships and oversaw the trust function in the East Valley (Phoenix) of Northern Trust's West Region. In 2008 he was promoted to Managing Director of the same group and held this position until his departure in December 2012. During his tenure his career he has also served in other capacities including the teaching of the Diversity Program’s; chaired Northern Trust’s Quality Committee; was a participating member of their Mentoring Committee, and chaired the Discretionary Distribution Committee. He also chaired the company's United Way corporate drive (2002) and served as Secretary on the Northern Trust's Diversity and Inclusion Council.
In 2013 he joined TrustBank to serve as its Chief Fiduciary Officer. In that role he is responsible for the oversight of the Trust Function, and is part of the Senior Team that successfully built out the Bank’s new Wealth Management Practice in Arizona and Illinois.
Over the years he has been active with Arizona State University where he served as an Advisory Board Member of the W.P. Carey School of Business Finance Department. Past Chair of the W.P. Carey of Business Dean's Board of Excellence where he spearheaded one of the first Mentoring Programs between the professional community and the school. Furseth has served as a past member of the Dean's Council of 100 and President's Club member, as well as the East Valley Adult Services Junior Achievement, Business Volunteers for the Arts, Valley of the Sun United Way, Desert Cancer Society, past board member of the Ahwatukee Chamber of Commerce and past President of the East Valley Estate Planning Council.