Simon has over 30 years of professional experience, specialising in energy and regulation. He was on sabbatical from the UK energy regulator, Ofgem, before joining Oxera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He joined Ofgem in 2018 and held a number of senior executive roles, most recently as Senior Director for Markets & Gas Crisis Response. At Ofgem, Simon led regulatory and policy actions arising from the recent energy crisis, as well as Ofgem\u2019s energy retail reforms and the financial aspects of the RIIO-2 network price control and CMA appeal. Simon had line management responsibility for Ofgem\u2019s economic, financial and engineering analysis teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to his work at Ofgem, Simon was an energy sector investment banker for over 25 years, holding senior positions at Macquarie Capital and RBS\/ABN AMRO, where he advised on transactions valued at over \u00a365bn involving companies in more than 20 jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Simon has Masters degrees in economics and finance from LSE and the University of Bristol, and an undergraduate degree in economics and law from the University of Cambridge. He qualified as a Higher Education Fellow, and has taught at Imperial College London, University of Bath and UWE Bristol Business School\u2019, as well as publishing academically on infrastructure finance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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