Simon is Head of the Operational Due Diligence team and has over 25 years of audit, financial accounting, credit and operational due diligence experience. He manages a team of research professionals across Aksia’s North America, Europe and Asia offices dedicated to performing operational due diligence of alternative investments on behalf of clients. Prior to joining Aksia, he was Head of Operational Due Diligence and Deputy Head of Risk Management for Credit Suisse’s fund of hedge funds activities. Before that, Simon worked for KBC Financial Products (formerly D.E. Shaw Financial Products) as a risk manager. Simon also worked for Richard A. Eisner & Company (nka EisnerAmper LLP) in the audit department. Simon graduated from The State University of New York at Albany with a BS in Accounting and is a CFA charterholder and a CPA (inactive).