Simon Tan

Simon has over 20 years of investment banking experience in the transport, infrastructure, and utilities sectors with Rothschild in London and Royal Bank of Canada in Sydney and has held other senior positions in advisory firms and government. He provides strategic, M&A, policy, and financing advice to government, corporate and infrastructure fund clients.

Simon has completed over $24 billion of transactions including the Australian Financial Review’s CFO Awards M&A Deal of the Year in 2010 and has been mandated by over 45 infrastructure investors and corporates.

Simon has also been a retained strategic advisor to listed corporates and investors and has undertaken numerous strategic reviews of industries, companies and assets.

Simon has also advised 16 government departments/ agencies on strategic, commercial and infrastructure issues. He has reviewed over $100 billion of infrastructure initiatives and developments ranging from the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit at Number 10 to GTEs, departments, agencies and councils. He has completed five privatisations raising $2 billion for government initiatives.

Simon holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Western Australia, a Master of Electronic Commerce degree from Murdoch University and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment (FINSIA).

Simon received the Western Australian of the Year Award in 1995 in the youth category.