With over 30 years’ in Early Careers, Simon is Chief Progression Officer at Connectr Talent Technology. Over the last 10 years his focus has been on enabling firms to access untapped, diverse pools of talent, and then removing barriers to enable that talent to progress into work and critically progress when in work.

He was appointed an ISE Fellow in 2022 having been Strategic Advisor on Apprenticeships (2017-2020) with a brief to shape the apprenticeship strategy for its members,

He was one of the Delivery Partners for a Govt commissioned taskforce with the City of London Corporation (2020-22) which has lead to the setting up of a new membership body Progress Together (in May 2022) to boost socio-economic diversity at senior levels in UK Financial and Professional Services. He was awarded ‘Freedom of the City of London‘ in recognition for his work.

He was Deputy Chair for the Apprentice Diversity Champions Network (ADCN) 2022-2024 launched  by the Department of Education, as a network of employers to support the Government’s commitment to Diversity through Apprenticeships.

He is an enthusiastic (albeit not quick!) cyclist, having cycled from London to Paris in 2022 and in 2023 Gloucestershire to Essex, all for charity. And because there is always more you can do & give (!), he coaches and runs womens’ cricket for Cheltenham Cricket Club.