Simon Youel

Simon joined Positive Money in 2017 and leads the UK office’s influencing programme, raising the profile of the organisation’s work and ideas across the media and Britain’s political system.

Before joining Positive Money, Simon handled media outreach for a number of technology companies, and worked in a variety of roles in local government. He has a Masters degree from the University of Manchester, for which his thesis focused on the financialisation of the UK economy in the 20th century.