NowCM is thrilled to announce the appointment of James Watson as Chief Revenue Officer, based in London. With over 30 years of leadership experience, James will lead the expansion of NOWCM’s product adoption, while overseeing the sales, customer relationship, and onboarding teams.
James brings a wealth of knowledge, having held senior roles at respected institutions including Tradition Data, FXall, Reuters, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, and GFI. His cross-asset expertise and experience in driving the shift from manual to digital processes will be instrumental in NowCM’s continued growth, benefiting clients, partners, and vendors alike.
"I feel that timing is everything." said James Watson. "I am thrilled to join this innovative company as it scales up and pioneers full automation in a traditionally conservative industry. I relish the opportunity to be at the forefront of this pivotal moment in the debt capital markets, driving change and embracing the challenges ahead. My focus is to ensure our clients receive the most efficient, secure, and seamless experience, helping them achieve their goals.”
Robert Koller, Founder and CEO of NOWCM, commented, “The addition of James to our executive team marks a significant step in our growth strategy. His leadership and vision will play a key role in driving our expansion and delivering innovative solutions to our clients. Being trusted by key leaders across the market, we are blazing a trail toward a fully digital future. What we do next matters, because what we do next will change the world."
About NowCM
NowCM is a leading digital solutions and infrastructure provider for the primary debt markets, that provides a market-leading and cloud-native data (creation, negotiation and management) and end-to-end workflow platform that enables all stakeholders in primary bond markets to interact in a collaborative, open, yet secure manner.
NowCM also facilitate access to primary markets for inaugural and infrequent issuers through our regulated TaaS (Treasury-as-a-Service), which operates as a funding “subsidiary” using standardised documentation (CSSF, Luxembourg).
NowCM also owns and operates a multi-lateral trading facility (MTF), which is the world’s first and only primary marketplace, regulated by the ACPR and AMF (France).