COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
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Simon started his career in the military developing a leadership style that saw him command detachments and troops in support of UK and international operations across the globe . After 11 years of exemplary service he went on to successfully manage the rebuild of the Iraq banking network across 80 locations in a hostile post war environment , introducing the technology and training to enable rapid currency exchange and facilitate international transactions across the global Visa card network . Post bank network rebuild and a number of other projects supporting military , security and media organisations throughout Iraq Launder led communications and logistics support for Oxfam GB in North Dafur , Sudan at a time of population mass displacement and conflict before moving further into the African continent in support of offshore oil exploration on the edge of the Sahara desert of Mauritania and coastal regions of Tanzania to mining operations in Guinea and Sierra Leone with organisations such as Woodside Energy and Rio Tinto . With a business bias and understanding of business issues Launder strives to understand the