Simon Pereira Shorey
Born and raised in England, where he gained an honors degree in Management from the University of Reading, Berkshire, Simon has lived in the United States for over 20 years, and in Jersey City for 16 years. Simon began his career as a consultant business and asset valuer, working for major clients including BP, British Gas and the billion dollar Duchy of Cornwall estate of HRH The Prince of Wales. Simon has devised, designed, implemented and led multi-tiered global organizations, including the Irish American Arts Awards, which gained recognition at Head of State level, and GeneAfrica, Inc., which introduced ground-breaking genealogical genomic concepts to the African-American community. Simon also worked with the Pereira family owned and operated Rioguarda Group of risk mitigation companies, which operated in six of the states of Brazil for three decades until they were sold off in the 2000’s.
More recently based in Jersey City, New Jersey, Simon has been co-founder of Liberty Voiceovers, and has been involved in Jersey City community affairs for many years, serving on the 'I Love Jersey City Public Schools' Committee, linking the business community with the public schools’ system, as an active volunteer with the Community Emergency Response Team and and also as president of the disaster resilience based 501c3 non-profit, Resilient JC. Simon also serves as a member of the specialist rapid responder team for the Center for Technology and Environmental Health, deploying at short notice anywhere in the United States to major HAZMAT incidents.