Simon holds a 100th percentile score on the GMAT, a 99th percentile score on multiple other standardized tests and has tutored students from all over the world. From 2012-2020 Simon taught for Manhattan Prep, including leading GMAT masterclasses at Imperial College London and London Business School. He supports GRE students applying to a full range of graduate programs and has led SAT/ACT bootcamps in London. He has also acted as coach to institutional investors and CEOs.
Simon is fascinated by the impact of mindset on performance and works with students to master both test content and test-day psychology. In 2015, he earned a Masters in Applied Positive Psychology from Penn. He also holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD and studied on the MBA exchange program at Wharton. He holds a BA in Economics (1st class hons) from the University of Durham and studied on an ERASMUS exchange at Università di Trento, Italy.
Simon formerly worked in M&A at Goldman Sachs in London and Brazil and at global insurance firms in London, Cardiff and Milan. His diverse experience includes teaching English in provincial Argentina, guest-lecturing on a Master’s program in Senegal, and earning the Cambridge English Language Teaching Award (CELTA). He has also worked in economics research at Deutsche Bank, established the Argentine subsidiary of a global insurance firm and founded the commercial insurance business of a FTSE 100 company.
He has completed an Ironman triathlon in Wales and a 12km ultra-swim in England’s Lake District. When he’s not teaching GRE or GMAT, Simon can be found skiing from his campervan in the Italian Dolomites or planning his next outdoor adventure.
Simon is a member of the US National Test Prep Association (NTPA) and in 2024 was selected into the League of Extraordinary Tutors (LXT).
