James Woodyatt

James worked in the financial markets industry from 1990 to 2005, holding various positions in institutions including Nomura Bank (Japanese equities, convertible and warrant bond sales), Tradition SA (interest rate swaps, inter-bank dealing) and Decillion AG (convertible arbitrage fund marketing).

In 2001, James joined the hedge fund arm of Spain's Grupo Santander where he was a Senior Vice President, head of International sales and marketing and a member of the company's management committee.

In 2007 James became a board member of xG Technology Inc. (then a London AIM listed company and since 2013 NASDAQ listed) and served on the board of xG until 2013. James acted as Deputy CEO from 2007 and as President (2012) of xG Technology Inc. until September 2016. James is fluent in French, English and Spanish and is conversant in German.