Simon is the nominated director of ZQ Capital. He founded the investment and advisory firm, ZQ Capital, in 2015. Prior to that Simon spent more than a decade as an investment banker advising international companies on their capital markets activities. He was Managing Director and Head of the China Financial Institutions Group at Barclays from 2011 to 2015, following earlier roles at Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and McKinsey & Company. He has a BA in mathematics and economics from Wesleyan University.