Adam Kerbis joined Northern Trust as a senior vice president and banking relationship advisor on the firm’s commercial banking team based in Chicago. He will be responsible for growing the firm’s family-owned beverage client base by customizing loan, deposit and treasury solutions that help clients to achieve their strategic goals. He will report to Paul Theiss, senior managing director of the wealth management commercial banking group at Northern Trust.

Kerbis has more than 10 years of experience as a commercial banker with an emphasis on working with family-owned companies in the beverage industry. Prior to joining Northern Trust, he was a vice president at Wells Fargo Bank, where he started his career. Kerbis is also involved with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

“We are pleased to welcome Adam to Northern Trust. He is an industry veteran who will leverage his extensive connectivity in the family-owned beverage category to help grow our commercial banking business,” John Fumagalli, wealth management central region president at Northern Trust, said. “Adam’s knowledge of the beverage category combined with Northern Trust’s industry-leading wealth management solutions will provide significant value to family-owned beverage companies.”