Tuum sharpens growth strategy, appoints James Bushby as Chief Revenue Officer

By Puja Sharma

Following the recent appointment of CEO Gregor Dobbie, Bushby joins the next-generation core banking platform to drive global sales, strategic partnerships, and market expansion.

Next-generation core banking platform Tuum announced the appointment of James Bushby as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Following the recent appointment of financial technology leader Gregor Dobbie as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bushby’s arrival further solidifies Tuum’s executive leadership team, sharpening the company’s focus on its strategic growth and market expansion priorities.

Bushby brings over 20 years of sales leadership experience in the FinTech, banking, and payments sectors, with a proven track record of helping clients deliver innovative, value-based solutions.

He joins Tuum from Paydock, the payment enablement platform provider, where he was CRO. Before this, Bushby was at open finance software provider Ozone API, where he served as General Manager for Europe and led global partnerships. Prior to that, Bushby was Senior Vice President for developing the Real-Time Payments business at Mastercard, where he spearheaded complex strategic partnerships and worked closely with financial institutions and central banks worldwide to expand real-time payments and open banking infrastructure.

Bushby’s appointment comes at a critical inflection point for the core banking market. For decades, financial institutions have relied on legacy infrastructure that is costly and time-consuming to change. Amid an accelerating demand for modernisation, mounting compliance burdens, and rapid shifts toward real-time payments, open banking, AI, and embedded finance, banks that do nothing risk being left behind by competitors. Tuum is uniquely positioned to address this market demand with its cloud-native, modular, API-first core banking platform.

“I am thrilled to join Tuum at such a transformative moment for the industry. When evaluating my next move, culture, technology, and impact were my top priorities. Speaking with the Tuum team, I saw a profound cultural alignment. Furthermore, external feedback on Tuum’s technology and industry reputation is overwhelmingly positive. Given the strength of our existing customers, robust pipeline, and immense market opportunity, I am confident we can drive significant impact and help our clients thrive,” said James Bushby, newly appointed CRO, Tuum

“We are establishing a powerful new chapter for Tuum, and having James on board as Chief Revenue Officer is central to our commercial strategy. Tuum has quietly established itself as a technical powerhouse, boasting a rare 100% success rate across more than 20 major implementations. As we focus on making the company considerably more visible in the marketplace, James’ deep banking expertise and extensive experience building global strategic partnerships make him the perfect fit. Together, we will ensure financial institutions can escape legacy constraints and rapidly launch best-in-class products,” said Gregor Dobbie, newly appointed CEO, Tuum