Board Member

Simon initially qualified as a chartered accountant in 1996 with Levy Gee (now part of RSM) before moving into the corporate finance team at BDO Stoy Hayward, where he was involved in a wide range of fund-raisings and floatations. In 2004, Simon joined the entrepreneurial services transaction support team at Ernst & Young, where he was involved in UK and international transactions (both public and private).

In 2007, Simon joined Dowgate Capital Advisers Limited, a corporate finance boutique, where he acted as Nominated Adviser to a portfolio of AIM companies and in 2009, he was one of the founding partners of Cairn Financial Advisers, a corporate finance advisory boutique, where he remained active until early 2012.

In 2010, Simon was one of the two founders of WeSwap.com Limited, an award-winning peer to peer travel money business, where he was CFO and COO. He was instrumental in creating the product and systems, and raising around £6 million in funding. Simon left WeSwap in March 2015 and is now CFO of a number of companies. Simon graduated with an MA in Mathematics from Balliol College, Oxford and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.