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Simon Knowles

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VP, Enterprise Architecture & Strategic Advisory at R3
📍 Amersham, England, United Kingdom

Simon is a delivery-focused FinTech leader and the VP of Enterprise Architecture at R3. With over 25 years in financial technology, primarily as a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs, he has shaped global platforms in asset management. He holds a Computer Sciences degree from the University of Manchester.

Outside of his corporate roles, Simon is passionate about leveraging technology for social impact. He co-founded a platform to support underserved exporters and is a graduate of accelerators for both Web3. 0 and Sustainable Finance, reflecting his interest in creating more efficient and transparent global markets.

He co-founded vabble. io to originate trade finance receivables at scale, aiming to help institutional investors fund underserved exporters.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
VP, Enterprise Architecture & Strategic Advisory
Location
Amersham, England, United Kingdom
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FinTech for Impact
Co-founded vabble. io to help small and medium businesses in emerging markets, showing a passion for the social governance aspect of finance.
Enterprise Architecture
In his current VP role at R3, he owns the enterprise architecture framework and serves as a strategic advisor to the CEO and Executive Committee.
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Career

Work history

8-2024 - 11-2025
VP, Enterprise Architecture & Strategic Advisory
R3
6-2023 - 8-2024
Co-founder / Head of Technology
vabble.io
6-2023 - 10-2023
Consultant
UBS
6-2019 - 5-2023
MD, Head of Asset Management (Public) Engineering in EMEA
Goldman Sachs
1-2015 - 6-2019
Senior Engineer - Global Head of Liquidity Solutions Engineering
Goldman Sachs
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Education
1996 - 2000
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The University of Manchester
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