Simon Lau

Simon is a seasoned leadership and organisational development professional, with over 20 years' experience in corporate and consulting roles.

He works with leaders and management teams to help them become clear about their identity and create strategies and actions for sustainable impact in a world of distraction and noise. Simon specialises in creating stillness and space to develop leadership which is contextual, relational and connected. He is also passionate about using human-centred design in executive education to accelerate problem solving and build cultures of innovation.

He has enjoyed an international career working in financial services and consulting firms to align people to strategy through capability identification, assessment and leadership and organisational development. Most recently, he was the Group Head of Leadership and Team Effectiveness for Technology and Retail Banking at Standard Chartered Bank.

Prior to this, Simon held a variety of roles in Merrill Lynch, Hewitt Associates, Korn Ferry and HSBC. This has enabled him to offer evocative perspectives through multiple lenses, including his own cross-cultural heritage and experience of working in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Simon has a BA(Hons) in Management and Psychology from the University of Leeds, an MSc in Organisational Psychology from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and a Certificate in Advanced Professional Practice in Gestalt Group Dynamics. He is an associate fellow and chartered occupational psychologist with the British Psychological Society.

Companies

• Head Tutor: Oxford Leading Professional Service Firms Programme GetSmarter (2021)
• Associate Fellow Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (2018)
• *Entrepreneurship Expert, Entrepreneuership Centre * Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (2018)
• Founder, Principal Consultant Still Point Consulting (2017)
• INSEAD Executive Coach INSEAD (2014)
• Head, Group Leadership and Team Effectiveness ITO, Retail Banking & Executive Coaching Standard Chartered Bank (2015 — 2017)
• Head, Executive Leadership Capability Standard Chartered Bank (2014 — 2015)
• Head of Leadership Development Standard Chartered Bank (2009 — 2014)
• VP, Leadership Development Bank of America/Merrill Lynch (2009 — 2009)

Education

• MSc The University of Manchester (1999 — 2000)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Relational Supervision Relational Change (2021 — 2021)
• Certificate in Advanced Professional Practice Relational Change (2015 — 2016)
• Working in Organisations Group Relations Programme Tavistock NHS Portman (2012 — 2012)
• Human Resources Executive Program University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business (2004 — 2004)
• BA Hons Joint University of Leeds (1992 — 1995)