Catriona Watt

Catriona is our Head of Business Development with overall responsibility for developing and enhancing our client base. She works closely with Joanne Pontee our Marketing Director and oversees our team of account managers to deliver added value to our clients. Catriona often travels to meet with existing and prospective clients and attend industry events.

She was promoted to Head of Business Development in January 2020. Before this, Catriona previously worked as a Head of Registry & Regulatory and was responsible for MARIS, our ship registry software. Prior to this, she worked as a Business Analyst on a wide variety of projects for our global clients.

Before joining PDMS, Catriona graduated with a BSc Hons in Marine Biology and an MSc in Marine Resource Management from Liverpool University. After her studies, she worked for Liverpool University as a Projects Officer designing and managing scientific surveys to assess the impact of offshore wind farm developments. She then went on to work as an Executive Officer at the Isle of Man Ship Registry where her role included the planning, user acceptance testing and implementation of PDMS’ MARIS platform.