biography
Simon Hearn is Chief Executive of Per Ardua. Prior to forming the company, Simon was Co-Head of Global Financial Services at Russell Reynolds Associates where he spent sixteen years, twelve as a Partner and eight running Financial Services. Simon spent three years on the Exco of the company and was also a member of the Leadership, Assessment and Promotions Board. Simon was a member of the UK Board Practice and concentrated on Non-Executive Director recruitment within Financial Services as well as senior level recruitment in insurance, reinsurance, consumer financial services and asset management. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates in 1992, Simon was a Director of a small financial services recruitment and M&A boutique in London. Previously Simon had a career in the British Army. A former Captain in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, he was Adjutant of his Regiment and later served as an Assistant to the Adjutant General, the Army’s senior personnel officer at the MoD. Simon was educated at Milton Abbey School and subsequently at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (RMAS). He is a Trustee of the Sandhurst Foundation, amongst other charities.