Simon Powell

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Biography

Mr. Simon Powell serves as Director, Compliance and Risk Management at Advent International. He joined Advent in 2006 and is the Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) for Advent International plc. Prior to joining Advent, he spent seven years as a management consultant at Impact Plus, building and leading the firm's Regulatory Practice and advising senior management teams at blue-chip financial services groups on a broad range of risk management and regulatory issues, delivering change programs to these organizations. Prior to his consulting career and after graduating from Kingston University Business School, he qualified as an HR professional with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and held a number of management positions at Legal & General, one of the UK's leading Life & pension businesses. He has been a member of the British Venture Capital Association's (BVCA) Regulatory Committee since 2008 and sits on the European Venture Capital Association's (EVCA) Professional Standards Committee and Responsible Investment Roundtable.