Jim Bidwell Head of Trade Services Product Management, NatWest Jim is the Head of Trade Services Product Management, responsible for the strategy and performance of the product set. He is a prominent figure in the Trade Finance industry, representing the RBS/Nat West Group on various external industry groups including the International Chamber of Commerce, UK Finance and the Bankers Association for Foreign Trade amongst others and speaking at external events and conferences. Jim is driving the transformation agenda for trade and has been leading the bank’s development of solutions based on Distributed Ledger Technology and leading its participation in industry consortiums such as Contour and Marco Polo. Jim is a career international banker who has undertaken senior roles in operations, origination and product management initially with Barclays and latterly with the RBS Group which he joined in 2014.