Specialty Coach | Venture Capital Funds & European Funds
Simon Vandi is a Philanthropist, Investor, Entrepreneur, Investment Banking Executive, Data Scientist, owner of multiple businesses, Tech and Regulatory compliance Guru across seven regulations, Fund Management and Venture Capital SME.
Over the last 23 years, he has led Major Global Compliance, Mergers and Acquisition, Capital Markets, Venture Capital Advisory, Fund Research, Business Intelligence, Integration, migration, Financial and Product control, Business Architecture and Data Science Program initiatives across North America, EMEA, Asia and Emerging Markets for Fortune 50 companies such as Deutsche Bank, ABN AMRO, Royal Bank, Union Bank Switzerland, HSBC, Bank of New York and several companies within the Entertainment and venture capital sectors. His past remit included joint accountability migration with other teams for M&A governance, consortium management, branding & communications, and financial technologies of £72 Billion Asset under Management.
As a business strategist for some of the most viable and successful businesses, he has mentored individuals, c-suite executives, and businesses globally to achieve a 360-investment readiness across various industries, including brokering new business relations with revenue potentials over £700 Million AUM. He was also a senior coach providing guidance across regulatory/Regtech/Fintech training to executives from over 20 plus financial institutions and insurance companies within the EMEA region.
Simon has a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering, MSc in Business Systems Analysis and Design, Advance Qualifications in Investment Banking, Advance Derivatives, Private Equity and Venture Capital, MiFID11, SFTR, CSDR, SRD II, EMIR, AIFMD, FATCA, CRS, GDPR, DAC6, AML, CFT, AI and Machine Learning.
Simon currently provides cross regulatory compliance and Regtech/Fintech advisory to one of Europe’s oldest Investment Bank, Asset Manager and Fund Management Financial institutions. He also provides business mentorships to several start-ups and fund management mentorship to several fund managers in training.
Amongst his other accomplishments is owning Tech and Accelerator consultancy firm with bases in the UK and India, a book publishing firm, and a VC fund currently in the development stage. He is also currently advising and reshaping 30 technology-focused businesses in need of seed capital between $500 thousand to $100 million.