Nicholas Watson

Digital Assets FCC Advisory @ BNY

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • SVP, EMEA Digital Assets Financial Crimes Compliance Advisory Lead at BNY
    Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

  • ProximaX (Full-time · 7 yrs 4 mos)
    • Director, Fintech Solutions
      Sep 2020 - Jan 2026 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      Founding team member of a startup solution provider specialising in payments and digital securities platforms, leveraging private enterprise distributed ledger technology (DLT). • Delivered regulatory-compliant white-label platforms for payments, digital securities, central bank digital currency (CBDC), interbank settlement, and digital identity. • Winner, G20 TechSprint (BIS Innovation Hub) for CBDC issuance, interbank settlement, and retail distribution via subsidiary Dragonfly Fintech. • Finalist, China-ASEAN Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for the development of a carbon credit issuance, trading, and offsetting platform.

    • Lead, Compliance Solutions
      Oct 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs

  • Specialist, Compliance at Anglo American
    Mar 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • J.P. Morgan Private Bank (Full-time · 5 yrs 8 mos)
    • Associate, Onboarding
      Sep 2015 - Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Associate, Client Services
      Dec 2013 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Associate, Account Control Team Legal (ACT Legal)
      Feb 2011 - Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Analyst, Risk Management at Simmons & Simmons
    Dec 2008 - Feb 2011 · 2 yrs 3 mos