Simon Pickard
Board member Toniic & private investor
Simon will share his vision as an impact investment professional and experience as a private investor investing in public equity.
Simon is a British-Swiss national who lives in Geneva with his wife and two teenage daughters. He has lived and worked throughout the world, working in shipping and agriculture in Asia and Australasia before converting to fund management. He spent 25 years in London, Paris, and Geneva running public equity funds investing primarily in global emerging markets, with a particular focus on China, India, Brazil, and Eastern Europe.
Since 2019, he has worked as a consultant to Union Bancaire Privée's impact investing franchise, where he also chairs the impact investment and biodiversity committees. He is involved in venture capital in the renewable agriculture and food systems sector, both as a member of Pymwymic's investment committee and as a general partner at Future Foodways. As a private investor in impact, he has been an active member of Toniic's 100% Network since 2019 and a PYMer since 2020.
Simon is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London.