Simon works with Boards and leadership teams in multiple sectors around the world on new growth strategies, specialising in business model transformation. He focuses in particular on how traditional companies can successfully implement platform and ecosystem based strategies. In 2017 he led one of the world’s largest studies into the business models of 2500 listed companies to understand the impact on their financial performance and valuation.
Simon is the author and presenter of the New Growth Playbook, a brand new online video-enabled education programme for senior executives and their teams looking to transform their business models for the digital economy.
Simon has been a member of the World Economic Forum’s global ICT agenda council, and has founded several analyst and consulting firms. His early career was at various WPP and Omnicom companies. He has an MA from Cambridge University.