Fadel Partners, Inc. announced the appointment of Simon Wilson as Chair, effective 1 July 2024. The appointment follows a thorough search process undertaken by the Board. Simon joins FADEL following a successful career as an executive, and for the last 12 years is a specialist in board and advisory roles within British and American B2B software companies.

He has experience across both listed and growth equity backed companies in the technology sector, and a deep knowledge of AIM. Simon has held board positions at the U.K. listed companies of SurfControl plc, Endace Limited and PCI-PAL plc. Simon has held advisory, board and Chair positions at many international software companies including The Innovation Group (USA), Workshare, M86 Security, and Rootstock.

He currently serves as Chair on the boards of PCI-PALplc (UK) and Uberflip (Canada), and as Independent NED at Hazelcast (USA). As a result of Simon's appointment, Ken West will step down as Chair and will remain on the Board as Non-Executive Director. Simon Wilson, who is 62 years old, currently holds the following directorships: PCI-PAL PLC.

Flyp Technologies, Inc. (trading name: Uberflip). Hazelcast, Inc. Past directorships held during the five years preceding the date of this announcement: Mission Critical Networks, Inc.