Simon has 30 years of experience analysing and understanding commodity markets.

For many years, as the head of research of a leading agribusiness consultancy, he led a team advising agribusiness and governments on all aspects of carbohydrate and protein markets and their interaction with energy and chemical markets. He moved to Olam’s developing fund business in Singapore in 2010 to exploit this knowledge as head of research of a commodity fund, before founding commoditia in 2015. He now uses commoditia as a vehicle through which to advise his various clients.