Simon Barzilay

Simon Barzilay is a Partner, Managing Director based in the London office of Global Sage. He has over 30 years of capital markets and executive search experience and works closely with hedge funds, traditional asset managers, investment banks and private equity firms across all asset classes. Prior to joining Global Sage, Simon served as the founder and head of LFR Search, a boutique financial services search firm, which in 2016, received recognition for Best Investment Focused Recruiter in UK and Asia by Investor Review. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and was a manager in Ernst & Young’s Corporate Finance division in both London and Hong Kong before moving into Asian equity research with Schroders, where he worked in both Hong Kong and South Korea. He also worked in Asian equity sales and execution services in London with BZW, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and was Head of Lehman Brothers’ Asian equities business in Europe. Simon holds a BA in Accountancy and Finance from Heriot-Watt University.