Aaron Simpson

In 2014, Simpson started an online investment platform with David Mickler and Lex Deak called Q Ventures, which has raised over £50m in capital for new ventures.

Simpson is involved in various other companies serving as a consultant and board member of businesses such as The Entrepreneurs Exchange, which assists young entrepreneurs develop their ideas and concepts into new ventures. He serves as a Non-Exec Director of HeadBox - an Airbnb for event spaces. He is the Founder of Kindred.co a new marketplace for Brands and Advocates. He is Non- Exec Chairman of Lexihealth - a healthcare company to assist patients navigate the UK healthcare system. He also serves as non-executive director of the Moon Ltd. – 3D Virtual World 365, and non-executive director at Idris Ltd.

In 2008, Simpson and other executives of Quintessentially started the Quintessentially Foundation, a charitable organisation operated by a board of trustees. As one of the founding trustees, Simpson has raised donations for various charities around the world through affairs such as auctions and events. The Foundation has raised over £14m for good causes. Simpson has created the platform Kindred.co to specifically raise money for charities via social networks. Its aim is to be one of the most significant donor to charities worldwide.

Simpson co-founded Quintessentially Group in 2000 with Ben Elliot and Paul Drummond. Simpson serves as the group executive chairman. Simpson and Drummond met at Oxford and started the company with Elliot as a small, London-based concierge service. Since then, Quintessentially Group has expanded to 78 countries with over 1,500 employees, 33 sister businesses, and works with over 400 outside brands. In 2017, Simpson began work on the "world's biggest superyacht", the Quintessentially One, backed by five billionaire investors. The 722-foot yacht is scheduled to launch in 2019.