Ilan Brat

Ilan Brat is an experienced Principal User Researcher at Northern Trust, specializing in strategic UX research for wealth management digital platforms since December 2023. Prior to this role, Ilan served as a Senior Design Lead at IDEO from July 2018 to October 2023, leading innovation teams in various industries, and previously held roles including Design Lead and Senior Design Researcher at IDEO. Earlier career experience includes being a Consumer & B2B Market Research Consultant at Euromonitor International, co-founding MemoryWell focused on improving dementia care, and working for over a decade as a Senior Staff Reporter and Foreign Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal. Educational credentials include a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the Arizona State University Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.