Simon Ashby is the CFO for Pedersen & Partners and is also a Partner. He joined the firm in 2006, having previously worked for more than five years in the Executive Search industry as a Regional CFO and Partner. Based mostly in Prague since early 1998, he has also worked as the Managing Director for the Czech subsidiary of a UK listed IT component distributor Mr. Ashby is a UK qualified Chartered Accountant, and holds an Honours Degree in Accounting & Finance from Bristol University. Apart from his native English, he speaks conversational Czech.