About me
Hello. I’m Simon Perks. I’m the founder and managing director of Simon Perks & Company and a specialist financial consultant working with organisations across the public, not-for-profit and social enterprise sectors.
I’m a chartered management consultant, a chartered public finance accountant and a qualified executive coach. So I understand numbers, I understand people and I understand organisations.
I’m a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, a fellow of the Institute of Consulting and a member of the Chartered Management Institute, the British Academy of Management and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council.
I have twenty five years’ experience of working with organisations across the public, not-for-profit and social enterprise sectors.
My clients include government bodies, universities, research organisations, local authorities, professional organisations, sports development bodies, charities, trade unions and other purpose-driven organisations across the UK and internationally.
I founded my own consulting practice in 2011. Before that, I worked for ten years in the public sector practice of a ‘big four’ international professional services firm, where my clients ranged from government departments to international institutions.
My work brings together state-of-the-art organisational theory, advanced data analysis and analytics, interactive data visualisation techniques and deep insight into the political, social and economic environment in which my clients operate.
I have a degree in physical sciences, with a focus on quantum cryptography and theoretical astrophysics. And because there’s more to life than numbers, I have a degree in politics and modern languages, too.
I’m also an alumnus of the Climate Emergency Programme run by the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford.
I speak English, French and German fluently and Russian reasonably well. I’m currently learning Mandarin Chinese. And I can just about get by in Dutch and Spanish. On the more technical side, I’m working to improve my coding skills in Python and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
When I’m not working, I enjoy a range of outdoor pursuits, such as hiking, canoeing, kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding. I’m also a keen writer, astronomer, microfarmer, baker and tea drinker. I live in Somerset with my wife, Natalie, and Ozzy, our Labrador dog.
