Tamela Merriweather

Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, The Northern Trust Company

Tamela Merriweather is Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel at The Northern Trust Company. She is a member of the Legal Department’s leadership team and represents the Global Capital Markets business, including advising on bank regulatory matters.

Tamela is active in the securities finance industry as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Securities Lending Association Americas (ISLA Americas). She also serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Women Lawyers (NAWL) and previously served as co-chair of its Diversity Committee.

Tamela’s awards and recognitions include receiving Markets Media Group’s 2023 Women in Finance (U.S.) Award for Excellence in Legal, completing McKinsey & Company’s Black Executive Leadership Program, receiving NAWL’s Virginia S. Mueller Outstanding Member Award, and completing Corporate Leadership Center’s Leading Women Executives program.

Tamela practiced in the Corporate & Securities group at Mayer Brown and began her legal career as a judicial clerk for the Hon. Justice Alan C. Page (Ret.) and Hon. Justice Helen Meyer (Ret.) of the Minnesota Supreme Court.

Tamela graduated with honors from Spelman College and the University of Minnesota Law School.