Simon is Head of Private Markets and Property at WYPF where he is responsible for strategy, sourcing, diligence, deployment, and performance. Simon has more than 25 years' fund management experience covering all asset classes.

He has a Masters’ degree in Investment Analysis from the University of Stirling, a Mathematics degree from the University of York, became an associate member of the UK Society of Investment Professionals (UKSIP) in 1999 and a CFA charterholder in 2004. He also has 10 years’ experience in the social housing sector, both as a board member and audit and risk committee member.

Over the last 18 years, Simon has increased the size of the WYPF Private Markets portfolio from £131m to £3.3bn, with a consistent track record of outperforming against local authority and listed benchmarks. Simon led on the national pooling of Alternative assets in 2016 and is joint lead on Northern Private Equity Pool activities, which today has £2.9bn in committed capital.