Simon Hodson

CEO
Gridworks, United Kingdom

Gridworks is a CDC Group backed development and investment platform for Transmission, Distribution and Off-Grid investments.

Simon is the CEO of Gridworks. Simon has a wealth of experience making and managing direct investments in developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Prior to Gridworks, Simon held leadership roles at a London based family office and 11 years with IPS (part of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development) based in Paris, as well as establishing investment businesses on the ground in Cyprus and Cuba and worked for CDC Group in his early career. Simon is a Natural Sciences graduate of King’s College, London and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.