About Us
We have deep skills and experiences in the FinTech sector on a global basis, working extensively on both the Buy and the Sell-side and have been instrumental in the initial development, product management, go-to-market strategy, sales operations and marketing communications of products and services globally across the Capital Markets industry. Our far-reaching, global network allows us unprecedented access to the whole FinTech ecosystem. We have a pragmatic, realistic, direct approach to delivering real outcomes, using proven practices and methodologies acquired over many years.
The Founder of FINOCULAR, Paul Nokes, has 30 years experience working internationally in the financial services industry driving the growth of Fidessa from a small IT consultancy business of 20 people to a global, market leading FinTech business with 14 offices and 1800 staff. In that time Paul has expanded and evolved from a developer to CEO with almost every role in-between, providing him with great insight into the numerous challenges and pivotal moments that define the successful journey of a technology business in this industry. Key to this experience has been the development of processes and habits that have enabled the business to scale with
focus, such as robust pipeline management, development discipline and an obsession with creating outstanding customer outcomes.
Paul was pivotal in the creation of one of the largest capital markets SaaS platforms that over 400 brokers depend upon 24x7, a FIX connectivity network of over 40,000 connections that processes over $26 trillion of flow annually and a global ticker plant that process market data from over 200 venues globally.
At Fidessa Paul created a brand that was globally recognised as the market leader in workflow automation solutions for the world's largest and most valuable trading community of buy-side and sell-side professionals, from global institutions and investment banks to boutique brokers and niche hedge funds.
Fidessa floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1997 with a market valuation of $75m and was sold to ION Group in 2018 for $2bn.
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