Northern Trust Asset Management has named Darek Wojnar as head of funds and managed accounts. Wojnar will oversee the development, distribution and management of the firm’s Northern mutual funds, FlexShares exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and managed accounts. He will be based in Chicago, reporting to Shundrawn Thomas, president of Northern Trust Asset Management, whom he succeeds in this role. Wojnar most recently served as the head of ETFs at Hartford Funds. Previously, he was the managing director and head of single asset strategies at Lattice Strategies LLC, which was acquired by Hartford Funds. Prior to joining Lattice Strategies in 2014, Wojnar held various senior positions in the ETF industry, including head of the U.S. iShares product roster at BlackRock and head of ETF product development at UBS Global Asset Management.