Simon is an accountant by qualification and a technologist at heart and is passionate about the role technology can play in helping companies take better decisions using their data assets. Simon is CEO of Metapraxis, the Financial Analytics Technology business with offices in London, New York, Stockholm and Tokyo. The Metapraxis analytics product, Empower, helps some of the world's most complex businesses such as WPP, Thomson Reuters and Dell, improve their financial planning, analysis and reporting. Simon is Vice President of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and on the Board of the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. He is Non-executive Director of ZING Technologies, a digital experience marketplace designed to bring virtual teams together and Trustee of the OU Foundation charity. He holds a BA in PPE from Oxford University, is a keen skier, avid Spurs fan and loves to travel.