About Simon

Reasons to work with me

  1. Creative and logical
    I’m an intuitive thinker who also knows how to use logical frameworks to solve tough problems and unlock big opportunities.
  2. Expert in innovation and service design
    I use the best bits of corporate strategy and industrial design and I know how to orchestrate and deliver solutions in big, complex organisations. I’m a published author on innovation.
  3. Customer obsessed
    I’m constantly and constructively challenging about how well my clients understand and meet their customers’ needs.
  4. Personable
    Business is fundamentally a social activity. I’m down-to-earth, personable, and gently developmental of the people around me.
  5. Public and Private savvy
    Corporate, community and government sectors increasingly overlap. I’ve lived how things are done in all three.

I’m very good at solving problems that need creative thinking in complex environments. A few key biographical points:

  • MBA, (Cranfield School of Management)
  • Published author on product development and eBusiness
  • Trustee of multi-award winning charity
  • Senior strategic marketing, service design, innovation and product development experience.

I founded a respected and successful healthcare charity at the age of twenty, serving as its chief executive for ten years. I received my MBA from the Cranfield School of Management in 1999 and since then accumulated a decade of senior experience in the financial, government and professional services sectors. Some of my previous roles have included innovation manager for AMP and Head of Savings and Investment Products for Barclays Bank.