Arturo K. Watson

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer Arturo K. Watson was appointed the chief executive officer of Ditch Global on October 2019. He is from Tampere, Finland.

Experience:

He has significant global and corporate, investment and retail banking experience, strong risk management credentials and an in-depth knowledge of Asian and European Market.

Career:

Arturo spent his career in the financial services industry, living and working across Europe and Asia for 22 years, for both Citibank and OCBC Bank. He joined Citibank in 1976 as a management trainee and went on to hold a number of Asia-based senior management roles, including chief executive officer of Citibank India and marketing manager at Citibank Japan, before leaving Citibank in 2002. He implemented a strategy of growth and led the bank through a period of significant turbulence. Arturo stepped down as chief executive officer in 2012 but remained as a non-executive director on the board of OCBC Bank, before leaving the group in 2014.

Marcus J. Laursen

Chief Financial Officer

Marcus was the the managing director of OOMPH Ireland. Marcus is an independent Financial Broker offering advice on a wide range of financial services. These include retirement planning, business protection and family protection.

He is also specialized in the development of personal investment portfolios including long term deposits, a wide range of investment funds through most financial institutions operating in Ireland and a range of specifically developed investment products tailored to individual customer requirements.

Nils Vaskola

Portfolio manager

Nils Vaskola serves as Head of Capital Market for Ditch Global and was a director of a predecessor constituent company (AIM Investments) from 2009 to 2016, when Invesco acquired that entity.

Mr. Vaskola co-founded Easytech computers in 2010 and served as its chief executive officer from 2010 - 2013.