Rob Watson
Senior Managing Director, Product & Business Development
Rob Watson is a Senior Managing Director, Product & Business Development for Destra Capital. Rob’s mission is to link the business across the spectrum from product origination to asset gathering for Destra.
Rob has held numerous roles across a more than 20 year career in the financial services industry. Rob has run product units at Morgan Stanley & Aviva Investors and been responsible for business development and account management teams at Janus Capital & Van Kampen Investments. He has extensive experience in mutual fund design, investment implementation and market positioning and messaging, as well as institutional and corporate sales, due diligence, and servicing. He holds key industry licenses, is a CFP® certificate holder, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from North Carolina State University. Rob lives in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and three kids.