Simon joined LGT in October 2023 as the head of the newly established UK Branch for LGT AG. His career started in the City of London in 1985 as an equity Market-maker with SG Warburg, later UBS. In 2000 he entered the wealth management industry with UBS private bank as head of distribution for private equity funds. After UBS Simon joined Credit Suisse in 2008 for 9 years and helped found the private equity team within their private bank, moving to Zurich in 2012. Most recently Simon was the head of private markets sales at Julius Baer. Simon is a British citizen.