Simon leads large companies through the complexities of accelerated business transformation.
He is AlixPartners' Chief Executive Officer and a member of the firm’s board of directors.
In his more than 30 years of extensive experience in advising clients, Simon has combined his skills in business turnaround, strategic consulting, and mediation in the development and implementation of accelerated business transformations.
He was previously CEO of global firm Kroll Inc., whose 65 offices in 33 countries generate an annual turnover of $1 billion.
Simon is Chairman of Grange Park Opera, London Music Masters, and the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and was formerly Chairman of Dulwich Picture Gallery. He is also on the Board of NABU. Simon was formerly on the Board of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington and the English National Ballet.ll.
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