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Simon J. Francis is a Partner with CTPartners, a premier executive search firm committed to performance, quality and results. During his 13 years in senior level executive search, Simon has completed more than 150 assignments in the U.S. and Europe. He joined CTPartners in 2001 and was elected Partner in 2003. Simon’s practice focus is identifying and attracting CEOs, their direct reports, and members of the board of directors to technology and technology-enabled services companies. Simon has gained broad exposure recruiting senior investment professionals, Operating Partners and C-Level executives to portfolio companies of major private equity groups and hedge funds. He is one of the leading consultants in the Private Equity Practice within CTPartners and is consistently ranked among the top 10 in client satisfaction results in the firm. Simon has been featured and quoted on human capital matters in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, MSN Money, the San Jose Mercury, Private Equity Manager, Private Equity International and the Financial Times. In 2006 he was voted onto the list for Silicon Valley Business Journal’s "40 under 40". Simon has been profiled in Condé Nast Portfolio and appeared on CNBC’s Closing Bell to discuss CEO compensation. Previously, Simon spent 5 years with Heidrick & Struggles’ International Technology Practice, progressing from Associate to Principal. He was initially based in its London office and later transferred to the practice’s Menlo Park headquarters. A Lord Foley Scholar, Simon graduated with an Upper Second BA in law (with a social anthropology minor) from the London School of Economics. He completed the bar finals from Inns of Court School of Law, Grays Inn, London. Simon is an active supporter of PRBO Conservation Science, a non-profit dedicated to protecting the Farallon Islands. He is married and lives in downtown San Francisco. | 