Simon is a curious visionary and an explorer. He has a burning passion for challenging norms with insights from leadership and new technology. He has been recognized as a future global leader by the prestigious organization The Hive, affiliated with Stanford, Harvard, Singularity University and NASA and ranked #3 Social Change Maker by Business Weekly’s list of 101 Swedish Super Talents. He has also been awarded Swedish social challenger of the year by Nova, ranked top 100 most powerful Swedes by News24, ranked top #2 mentor at founder institute, awarded top 5 emerging fund manager by VCLabs, and announced a Swedish young leader by HMH King Carl Gustaf XVI. He has founded several companies, one of which awarded first runner up in MIT’s global entrepreneurial accelerator program, as well as the Nordic hub of MIT launch to boost young entrepreneurs to aspire greatness. He is also an active advisor and board member for several startups, one of which was featured in Billboard magazine, and has helped serve rail companies raise seed rounds. In his daily work, Simon is the head of Innovation at KPMG where he leads the development of Innovation advisory. He has previously been the head of Ideation and lead an AI accelerator program at Tieto, the largest Tech company in the Nordics, and alumn of Tieto’s future leader program - awarded employee of the year in 2018. He is a reoccurring keynote speaker on leadership, innovation and venture capital at C-level. Outside work he engages in several important initiatives that challenge and drive society forward. He has played a pivotal roll as CTO of The New Academy whom in December 2018 awarded the alternative Nobel prize in literature - featured in the Guardian, BBC, New York Times and Huffington Post, and has been on the board of TEDx in Sweden. He has also held the position of Chief Operation Officer of the non-profit Futuristas who helps entrepreneurs in Africa, and is an active advisory for Singularity University's Global Solution Program, Founder Institute, Masschallenge, Tech stars and affiliate investor at Y-combinator. In his latest venture - XY Ventures, he was selected to attend founder institute’s VC Lab were he graduated top 5 among 1000 applicant funds. He holds an MSc in Energy engineering and management and has studied entrepreneurship and innovation leadership at MIT.