Simon leads the food, farming and trade team at Triodos Bank UK. With his extensive experience in agricultural banking, he supports a range of sustainable businesses, including financing the UK's organic market and more recently specialising in nature-based projects such as a landmark £20 million deal for Oxygen Conservation to purchase land in Scotland and lending linked to BNG for tree-planting charity, Avon Needs Trees and environmental consultancy Nature Impact. He joined Triodos Bank in 2009, after completing a degree in Agriculture at Harper Adams and working as a farm consultant.