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Simon is Strategy Manager for Futures, in the Investment Management division. Simon’s team is responsible for overseeing, and coordinating changes to, Winton’s futures investment strategies. Simon joined Winton in 2008 as a Researcher immediately after completing his PhD. He initially focused on research into commodities futures, before moving on to other futures and forwards markets, and also cash equities from 2011. In early 2014, Simon joined the Investment Systems team, and became Head of Monitoring later that year. Simon was appointed Strategy Manager for Futures in March 2016. Simon holds a BA (honours) degree in physics and philosophy from Oxford University, and a PhD in Physics from Columbia University, where his research work was in string theory and cosmology.