Simon joined Westpac Institutional Bank (WIB) in May 2011. He has over 20 years experience in financial markets and is currently Managing Director and Global Head of Fixed Income Trading within WIB’s Financial Markets business. He sits on the Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) leadership team.
The Fixed Income Trading team of 34 professionals are in Auckland, Sydney, Singapore, London and New York. The business is responsible for Westpac's trading in all fixed income products, primarily focussing on AUD, NZD and Asian markets.
Simon is on the board of Yieldbroker, Australia’s leading electronic fixed income marketplace and Investing for Charity, a charitable managed fund.
Prior to joining Westpac, Simon held a number of management and trading positions during a 16 year career at Citibank. Most recently, he spent three years in Tokyo with Citibank as Managing Director with responsibility for G10 rates trading in Asia/Pacific. Prior to this he had several trading and management roles in Hong Kong and Sydney.