Former Chairman of iCollege (now NextEd) between 2017 and 2021, Simon brings to his non-executive role both hands on experience with NextEd’s business as well as 30 years’ legal experience, having been a partner of national law firm, HWL Ebsworth. No longer practicing in the law, Simon is now actively involved on the boards of a number of listed and unlisted public companies including Echo IQ (ASX:EIQ), a company that uses proprietary artificial intelligence to help identify patients at risk of structural heart disease; NextEd Limited (ASX:NXD) one of Australia’s largest vocational education businesses with campuses in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth; Biortica Agrimed Limited (Chairman), Australia’s largest cultivator of medicinal cannabis and owner of one of the world’s largest cannabis genetics libraries; Smoke Alarm Holdings Limited, one of Australia’s largest smoke alarm installation, testing and monitoring services; and Share the Dignity Limited (Chairman), a not-for-profit that strives to alleviate period poverty.