Twenty years operating across the United Kingdom and the Middle East. Strategy and execution for founders and institutions, with an emphasis on systems that hold their shape as the business scales.
Earlier engagements have spanned consumer technology, sport, luxury, and real estate — selected work with Under Armour, NEOM, Emirates, and Adidas. The discipline has been consistent across each: arrive into a business, understand it as an operator would, design the system, and stay long enough to see it work.
At Valantai, Simon is the architect of the operating model — its vertical structure, its client delivery infrastructure, and the engagement design that makes the institution legible to the companies and operators it serves.
Day-to-day counsel to founders, executives, and family offices across the UK–GCC corridor. Sectors of priority: real estate, consumer technology, sport, and luxury.