Simon graduated with a Master’s in INTERNATIONAL TAXATION from North-West University in 2007 and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (South Africa) in 2009. Subsequent to that, Simon has obtained Fellowship status at the ICAEW and is a Chartered Tax Advisor in South Africa (CTA) and the Netherlands (RB). After a corporate career spanning almost 15 years across South Africa, Bermuda and the Netherlands, Simon founded Lighthouse Finance in the Netherlands in 2016 where he serves as managing partner. He is married to Kelly and has two children. Simon divides his time between the Netherlands and South Africa.