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Paul Watson,
Head of Operations

Private Equity, Jersey

Sitting within the Private Equity leadership team, Paul provides strategic oversight for all operational activity underpinning our global Private Equity business. Working to deliver a professional operating model, harnessing the power of technology, and intelligently enabling our people to deliver excellent service to our clients, Paul’s role contributes to the overall success of the Aztec Group through the management of business operations and transformation across key parts of the business.

Acting as the interface between our client teams and group functions, Paul is responsible for the leadership and accountability for the delivery of strategic programmes, developing operational excellence, business improvement, automation, and risk mitigation.

Background and experience

Prior to joining Aztec in 2020 Paul held several senior roles within global financial-services in the UK, Channel Islands and Bermuda, where he developed an unrivalled track record spanning over 20 years, in the delivery of complex multimillion-pound transformation programmes across IT, Marketing, Digital, Operations, Regulatory and Financial Crime Compliance.

Upon joining Aztec Paul was responsible for the leadership of one of Aztec’s top 3 strategic client relationships, developing and monitoring the client level business plan to ensure that a sustainable long-term relationship was maintained, and with a high level of client satisfaction. This places Paul in a unique position to understand the operational landscape of running a team.

Qualifications

• MBA from the University of Birmingham.
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Liverpool John Moores University.
• Prince2 Project Management practitioner.

Outside of the office

Paul and his wife Nathalie are kept busy raising their 2 boys and supporting them with their sporting endeavours in the pool and on the rugby pitch. Paul is a qualified rugby coach and swimming judge level 1.


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