Tristan Simmonds
Director | Head of IT
Trainee Wealth Manager / Financial Adviser
Tristan achieved excellent A Level results in both Media Studies & Art, with his Art teacher stating that “Tristan is a genius”. Tristan also achieved a very commendable “Merit” in his BTEC Level 3 National Diploma in (Double) Business Studies, which is a full-time vocational course equivalent to two A-Levels.
Tristan was steadfast that he did not want to go on to study for a degree at University, having already worked at Private Office Asset Management as an intern for 18 months, before joining the firm full-time as Head of IT in July 2025.
In the first quarter of 2026, Tristan attended, and passed the Fareport 10-week Data Analytics Course. Tristan will be attending the Fareport Cyber Security Course over 10 weeks, towards the end of 2026. Tristan keeps our data safe and provides regular training sessions to the team in keeping on top of such matters.
Tristan is currently working through his 2-year training contract with us which we tailored for him in an Apprenticeship style format. He worked diligently through his 4 first year’s three-month seats which he has successfully completed and he has now begun the first of his 4 second year’s three-month seats which are more in-depth and will provide him with a comprehensive overview of Private Office Asset Management’s services and the regulatory framework within which we operate.
Though not a member of the Investment Committee yet, he is studying all things “investment asset classes and geopolitical effects on asset classes” with the goal of becoming a member of the investment Committee by the end of 2028. Tristan, under close supervision inputs investment trades across the NASDAQ, S&P500, DAX, EuroStoxx50, FTSE100, FTSE250 & the Nikkei225 indices, with his supervisor closely checking them before inputting them at the appropriate time.
Tristan is also a semi-professional e-sports gamer and streamer with more than 11,000 followers on Tik-Tok, 1,100 subscribers on YouTube, and having streamed with an audience of more than 500,000, Tristan is a significant name within the gaming community (under his e-sports Username). This takes up most of Tristan’s spare time!
Over the past year, Tristan attended tournaments at Epic-Lan in Kettering, getting to the final in Valorant. Tristan reads and writes the most difficult code as most people would the alphabet, and he has already coded, produced and successfully launched his first 4 games via Steam, which have already sold well to the gaming community. As his A Level Art teacher commented, Tristan really is something of a genius!
Email: Tristan@private-office.co.uk