Simon joined EY in 2024 as the Global Learning & Development Leader, from Novartis where he was the Chief Learning Officer based in Switzerland. Previously he led the learning transformation at Lloyds Banking Group in the UK, consulted at Accenture (clients including HSBC, Microsoft, and BP) and co-founded and sold an e-Learning startup, Brightwave. He started out in audit at PwC. Simon has worked in various learning roles for 25 years and is passionate about applying this experience to help develop the skills of our people across EY globally, to best support our clients. Simon is co-author of the international best-selling book 'The Curious Advantage' and is co-host of the popular podcast series of the same name. Simon lives in Basel, Switzerland with his wife and two children. At the weekends he can usually be found struggling up the local mountains on his road bike, or in the winter skiing down them, getting overtaken by the kids.