Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades casts his vote at a polling station with his grandchildren and his wife Andri during parliamentary elections in Limassol

Simon is the founder of Foreign Brief who served as managing director from 2015 to 2021. A lawyer by training, Simon has worked as an analyst and adviser in the private sector and government. Simon’s desire to help clients understand global developments in a contextualised way underpinned the establishment of Foreign Brief. This aspiration remains the organisation’s driving principle.