Simon is a fintech entrepreneur, broadcaster, and author of 'In Math We Trust: The future of money'. He was selected as one of the Mail & Guardian's Top 200 Young South Africans in 2011 and was awarded the 2010 Telkom Classic Financial Journalist of the Year award for his columns in Finweek Magazine. Simon's career spans radio, journalism, strategic communications, open source technology, and serving on the founding teams of four fintech startups including Luno and Curve. He has worked actively with Bitcoin and blockchain technologies since 2011