Simon Edwards
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Simon Edwards is the Chief Financial Officer of Dubai International Capital, responsible for overseeing the finance function including financial accounting and reporting, management accounting, taxation and treasury.
Prior to joining Dubai International Capital, Simon Edwards was Chief Financial Officer and then Chief Executive Officer of b-business partners, an Amsterdam-based venture capital/private equity firm.
Before b-business partners, he spent almost eight years in the telecommunications sector, initially at Cable & Wireless in London where he held a number of senior M&A and operational finance roles and was involved in establishing new fixed line and mobile telecommunications companies around the globe.
He spent a year on secondment to Mercury Communications, C&W’s UK subsidiary, then became Chief Financial Officer of PLD Telekom Inc, a NASDAQ-listed telecoms company based in New York.
Simon Edwards began his career at Shell International Petroleum, where he worked as a project engineer on a variety of on- and offshore oil and gas development projects, before joining Arthur Andersen where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked as a management consultant specialising in the communications, media and broadcasting sectors.
Simon Edwards holds a first class honours degree in Chemical Engineering from University College London.
Former positions of Simon Edwards
Companies | Position | End |
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b-business partners BV
b-business partners BV Investment ManagersFinance b-business partners BV (B-BP) is a venture capital investment firm located in Amsterdam. Led by Investor AB and ABB, the firm was established in 2000 by a group of multinationals including SEB, AstraZeneca, Atlas Copco, Electrolux, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Saab Aerospace, Sandvik, SKF, Stora Enso and WM-data. B-BP focuses on investments in start-ups within the enterprise technology sector. | President | - |
Dubai International Capital LLC
Dubai International Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Dubai International Capital LLC is a private equity investment firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and ultimately controlled by the Emirate of Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Anand Subramaniam Krishnan has been the CEO of the Emirati company since 2006. | Director of Finance/CFO | - |
Infonic Geo-Replicator Ltd.
Infonic Geo-Replicator Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Infonic Geo-Replicator Ltd. designs and develops software solutions. It provides mobile and remote workers access to web based applications, corporate files, documents and databases. The company's products include accelerators and offline networking tools. The company was founded by Steve Draper in 1997 and is headquartered in Guildford, UK. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 01/01/2000 |
Training of Simon Edwards
University College London | Undergraduate Degree |
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Private companies | 3 |
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Infonic Geo-Replicator Ltd.
Infonic Geo-Replicator Ltd. Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services Infonic Geo-Replicator Ltd. designs and develops software solutions. It provides mobile and remote workers access to web based applications, corporate files, documents and databases. The company's products include accelerators and offline networking tools. The company was founded by Steve Draper in 1997 and is headquartered in Guildford, UK. | Technology Services |
b-business partners BV
b-business partners BV Investment ManagersFinance b-business partners BV (B-BP) is a venture capital investment firm located in Amsterdam. Led by Investor AB and ABB, the firm was established in 2000 by a group of multinationals including SEB, AstraZeneca, Atlas Copco, Electrolux, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Saab Aerospace, Sandvik, SKF, Stora Enso and WM-data. B-BP focuses on investments in start-ups within the enterprise technology sector. | Finance |
Dubai International Capital LLC
Dubai International Capital LLC Investment ManagersFinance Dubai International Capital LLC is a private equity investment firm based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and ultimately controlled by the Emirate of Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Anand Subramaniam Krishnan has been the CEO of the Emirati company since 2006. | Finance |
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