Simon has spent 15 years at BBC Studios – the commercial arm of the BBC – looking after their music licensing (outward) and synchronization (outward) functions for a catalog of 2 million or so music recordings. Prior to that, he spent 7 years at EMI Records looking after music licensing before 8 years at 3 dance labels (Ministry Of Sound, Distinct’ive and DMC) looking after business affairs, licensing (in and out), and synchronization in various capacities.