Matt Simon Head of Ashler Capital, Citadel Matt Simon is Head of Ashler Capital at Citadel and a member of Citadel’s Portfolio Committee. Matt joined Citadel in 2004 and launched Ashler Capital in January 2018. Matt has served in a number of roles at Citadel including Portfolio Manager for the Global Equities Energy and Industrials team, Capital Goods Analyst on the Global Equities Industrials team and Analyst on Citadel’s Event Driven team. He served as Citadel’s Regional Head of Equities in Chicago from 2013-2016. Prior to joining Citadel, Matt was an Associate at Madison Dearborn Partners on their communications investment team and an Analyst at Salomon Smith Barney. Matt received a bachelor’s degree in Accounting with high honors from Lehigh University and a Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.