Simon is an entrepreneur with a stellar track record in founding pioneering global digital businesses. Simon has founded and built numerous successful businesses including Stocknet.co.uk, one of the UK's first online stock brokerages, in 1998. In 1999 Simon founded Freequotes.co.uk, the UK's first ...more

Simon is an entrepreneur with a stellar track record in founding pioneering global digital businesses. Simon has founded and built numerous successful businesses including Stocknet.co.uk, one of the UK's first online stock brokerages, in 1998. In 1999 Simon founded Freequotes.co.uk, the UK's first real-time share price information provider, and TMN Plc, one of the first online direct marketing companies, which was listed on AIM in 2000. TMN today has a market capitalisation in excess of £100M. In 2010 Simon founded StrikeAd, the worlds first global, mobile Demand-side Platform (DSP). StrikeAd operates in Europe, U.S and Asia. In 2013 Simon launched K1T Capital a systematic quant-based hedge fund asset management company. In 2017 Simon launched North Block Capital an investment bank for the digital token capital markets that deliver advisory, capital markets, and asset management services. Simon has extensive international board-level expertise, vast experience in M&A and was a winner in the finals of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awards Specialities: Systematic Hedge funds, Crypto assets, Blockchain assets, Technology investmentless