Simon Jones was appointed to the position of Treasurer of the Melbourne International Arts Festival Board in August 2006.

Simon is a  qualified chartered accountant and founding director of Canterbury Partners, an independent corporate advisory firm. His vast experience spans a large number of private and public enterprises and he has  been advising local and multinational companies for more than 25 years. His skills focus on general strategic advice, mergers, acquisitions and divestments, transaction structuring, valuations and due diligence.

Simon was previously Managing Director of NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Melbourne operations and its national private equity business from 1995 to 2002. Prior to that Simon was Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen’s Audit & Business Advisory practice in Australasia. Simon was also Managing Partner of Arthur Andersen’s Corporate Finance practice in Melbourne.

Simon is currently Chairman of the advisory board of MAB Ltd, a Director of Computershare Ltd and a Director of Melbourne IT Ltd .