Simon Patterson

Biography

Mr. Patterson has been a member of the boards of directors of Dell and Denali since the closing of Dell’s going-private transaction in October 2013. Mr. Patterson is a Managing Director of Silver Lake, which he joined in 2005. Mr. Patterson previously worked at Global Freight Exchange Limited, a logistics software company acquired by Descartes Systems Group, the Financial Times, and McKinsey & Company. Mr. Patterson serves on the boards of directors of Intelsat S.A. and Tesco plc. He is also on the board of trustees of the Natural History Museum in London. Previously, he served on the boards of directors of Skype Global S.à r.l., Gerson Lehrman Group, Inc., MultiPlan, Inc., and N Brown Group plc.

Research Interest

Experience in finance, technology and global operations.