Simon Burrows serves as an Ambassador for The Payments Association and holds the position of Director at Semper Advisory, as well as a non-executive director and board advisor for multiple charities in the City of London. Previously, Simon was a Partner at EY, where leadership was provided for the FS technology capability within the firm's Strategy & Transactions division. Additionally, Simon has chaired the Financial Services Technology Panel at the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and was Managing Director at Payments Fintech Limited, specializing in payments, banking, and FinTech consulting. Prior experience includes a Director role at PwC in the Banking, Payments & Fintech Deals/Consulting team, contributing significant expertise across transformational and regulatory-driven projects in financial services. Simon holds a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Nottingham and various professional qualifications from ICAEW.