The highly experienced technical and financial team, has overseen 60+ mine builds and over US$200bn of mining sector transactions, and works in a close and collaborative manner with management teams to deliver optimal results
The Appian Team
SIMON McWILLIAMS
Group Chief Operating Officer
DESCRIPTION
Simon is the Group COO of Appian Capital Advisory. Simon has a global role overseeing the day-to-day non-investment activities including the finance, legal, compliance, human talent, investor relations, information technology and office management functions.
Simon has previously held both CFO and COO roles and brings a wealth of large firm experience to Appian. Â Simon joined Appian from an asset manager with a US$25bn portfolio of fixed income, private debt, equities & alternatives where he spent seven years.
Prior to this he was COO and Partner at Quantmetrics, a multi-award winning, short-term systematic hedge fund where he helped lead the institutionalisation and growth of the business. Simon has also held roles at GLG Partners a US$24bn hedge fund (now part of Man Group Plc) and the Investment Dar Group, a large listed private equity manager with a range of assets across manufacturing, real estate, hospitality and financial services – notable assets included Aston Martin, Grosvenor House and BisB.
Simon is a qualified accountant, has a Bachelor of Accounting Science from the University of the Free State and holds a MBA from IE Business School Madrid.