Simon is Deputy Group General Counsel of a FTSE 100 company, and is responsible for the provision of legal support globally to the Group’s operating and support divisions, across a range of areas including corporate, commercial, litigation, regulatory, pensions and Treasury matters, as well as providing strategic advice to senior management.
Simon trained as a solicitor at Andersen Legal before joining Allen & Overy in London, and then Minter Ellison in Melbourne where he worked on mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and other corporate transactions.
Simon then held various roles at GE Healthcare, including UK Country Counsel, Senior Counsel for International/Public-Private Partnerships and Associate General Counsel UK, Ireland and Western Europe, before joining Informa in 2013 as General Counsel, EMEA & APAC.