Executive Director, Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), appointed February 2011
Simon joined Brightwell in 2010 as Chief Operating Officer. Since that time, he has changed roles, first to Chief Administration Officer (2018) and then to Chief Commercial Officer (2023).
As CCO, Simon is responsible for leading Brightwell’s business development and client relationship strategy retaining oversight of member services. Simon was previously Managing Director and COO of Europe Business Operations at Blackrock, where he led the migration of the BGI products in Europe onto the Blackrock Aladdin Platform. Before that, Simon spent 6 years at Barclays Global Investors running global functions, including asset services, client order management, client take-on, business change and product development. He has over 30 years’ experience in the banking, asset management and pensions sectors and is a qualified Chartered Accountant (Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales).
Other appointments:
• BT Pension Scheme Administration Limited – Executive Director