Bio

Simon manages the EMEA investment team in London, overseeing the sourcing, due diligence and monitoring of both funds and co-investments. Simon has 20 years of private equity experience, working in both the UK and US. He was a founding member of the Hermes GPE predecessor organisation, Gartmore Private Equity, which he joined in 2002 and where he was Deputy Managing Director. Simon is a member of the Hermes GPE Management and Investment Committees. Previously he worked as a management consultant at KPMG Consulting where he conducted due diligence on a number of private equity transactions and corporate strategy development projects for both UK and international companies. He holds a BSc in Political Science from the University of Bristol and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (PLD26). He speaks fluent French.