Simon’s practice focus is private equity, primarily running CEO, President/COO and CFO searches for portfolio companies backed by LBO, middle-market and growth equity sponsors.  He also has expertise scoping and executing searches for Operating Partners inside funds.

Prior to joining Lancor, Simon was a Partner for nine years with CTPartners (the former Christian & Timbers).  There he was the Practice Leader for Private Equity. Prior to CTPartners, he spent over five years with Heidrick & Struggles (London originally then transferred to Menlo Park, California in 1998).

Simon has been featured and quoted on human capital issues on CNBC, The Capital Roundtable, Private Equity International, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune Magazine and the Financial Times. A Lord Foley Scholar, Simon holds a law degree (with a social anthropology minor) from the London School of Economics then graduated from the Inns of Court School of Law (Bar Finals).