About Simon Beitz

Simon Beitz, Senior financial services executive with over eighteen years’ career in retail banking, general insurance and payments. Experience ranging from large institutions to building and scaling businesses with a focus on strategy and commercial innovation. Simon Beitz is passionate about solving complex business and customer problems to deliver real business outcomes. With a demonstrated leadership background, he drives key results by building and leading high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams, focusing on commercial innovation and consistent delivery. Throughout his career, he has held executive, advisory, and strategic roles, leading across strategy (organic and M&A), innovation, FinTech, IoT, machine learning, digital marketing, research, product development, and product portfolio management. His reputation as a strategic thinker, innovator, and deal closer is well-established. Key strengths include: Proven ability in negotiating and commercializing external partnerships to drive growth and sustainable success. Leading innovation strategies through human-centered design, lean start-up, and agile methodologies. Strategic direction in corporate development activities, including M&A and divestments. Simon Beitz, As Co-founder and CEO of Alex Bank, my focus is to help Australian manage their money better by simplifying everyday banking through technology to assure fairer returns. Alex Bank is the first Bank in Australia is go through the Restricted License process and have product in market on day 1 of licensing.