Simon Veingard
CEO | COO | NED | Interim
Create outsized outcomes
Supercharge your business performance with a seasoned entrepreneurial operator
WHAT I DO
Unlock transformational results
I orchestrate accelerated commercial outcomes in fast growth tech businesses
1. Hone product-market fit
Find missing ingredients leading to demonstrable positive indicators
2. Scale efficiently & effectively
Build and evolve operating engine to support & harness growth at each stage
3. Enhance profitability
Optimise model to drive efficient
top line and sharpen costs
Led transformation of fintech subscription marketplace
3.75x
Annual recurring revenue (ARR)
315%
Gross margin
improvement
5x
Net promoter
score (NPS)
Created foundations of a sustainable business
radically improving every key operational metric
Delivered hyper growth
at ride-hailing pioneer
10x
Annualised
sales
0.5m
Customers
5m
Trips
Built market leader and UK's highest rated taxi app delivering positive contribution margin in 17 months
Merged with MyTaxi, sold to Damiler, rebranded as FreeNow
CASE STUDIES
ABOUT
Scaled multiple
multi-national
tech businesses
Insight led, outcome driven
A 3x founder and seasoned business builder with 2 exits, Simon is an entrepreneurial operator having spearheaded VC & PE backed tech businesses for two decades
Owned P&Ls with
£1bn sales/£50m net rev
Led multi-disciplinary, dispersed teams of 150+
Scaled in multiple sectors & geographies
Advised startups
and corporates
Spikes
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Remit - Strategy & Execution
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Functions - Product, Growth, Tech, Ops & People
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Models - B2C, Subscriptions, Marketplaces
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Sectors - Mobility, Fintech, Data
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Stages - Series A to C
Bio
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Founder, Beyond Data
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Founder & COO, Covestor *
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UK MD & EVP Global Ops, Hailo *
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Global Products Director, Travelex
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Led & advised various businesses (CEO, COO, Interim)
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Founder & NED, We Are.xyz
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COO, Hometree
* Acquired
Specialty
Simon's forte is partnering with leadership teams in growth businesses to deliver outsized commercial outcomes and maximise shareholder value
A data-driven leader, Simon navigates teams and businesses through significant inflection points
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