Simon Jackson

Simon joined Rapid Innovation in 2009.  He comes from a science background and broad experience in growth and financing strategies for technology companies. Prior to RIG, he was a Managing Director and founder member at Langham Capital, a Delhi-London advisory firm specialising in international transactions for the Indian IT, outsourcing and media sectors.

At RIG, Simon works with established companies that need to focus and build reliable sources of accelerated growth; and with startups to help them develop financially compelling propositions and to allocate scarce resources to growth effectively.

He has a particular interest in technologies that simplify the management, interpretation and visualisation of data.

Simon has an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge, was a Kennedy Scholar at Harvard University, and has an MBA from INSEAD. He speaks Chinese and French, is a keen jazz pianist and is learning Python.