Simon Vumbaca is the Principal of ASVPO and chairs the Investment and Strategy Committees.Simon is one of the world’s foremost deal-makers. Based in the UK but operating globally, he is sought after as a formidable deal strategist with a unique edge for unlocking high stakes negotiations to close time pressured deals while maximising value.Over the past three decades he has been at the heart of many of the most complex, high profile, high value corporate and commercial negotiations earning him a reputation as a prolific deal closer. He operates in a peer group of sophisticated investors including HNWs, overseas royal families, international conglomerates, private investors, financial institutions, elite sportspeople, artists, and sports club owners.Today Simon has a portfolio of interests and the ASVPO team chooses carefully where he devotes his time and attention and with whom he collaborates.He is multilingual and known for speaking freely and acting quickly. He respects the value of time, the ASVPO team will act swiftly to audit the parameters of the deal considering the commercial, cultural, human and legal aspects of the opportunity and craft a strategy which maximises value and minimises friction.Simon has longstanding trusted relationships with founders and funders alike. For those on his side of the table, he is relentless in his pursuit of driving outstanding outcomes and he stakes his reputation and commercial interests entirely on results.#deal #M&A #negotiation #strategy #strategyexecution #strategyconsulting #corporatestrategy #ceostrategy #london