Simone started her career at ING Netherlands where she worked for 18 years. The last 9 years she worked in various positions within the KYC Center. The last year she worked as a Global KYC trainer. Next to her bachelor’s degree in business administration, she became a certified trainer.

In 2022 she started to work for a smaller company and since October she was responsible as Head of Caribbean Office for everything related to training and education in the Caribbean. In august 2023 she started working as a Governance, Risk & Compliance manager for a worldwide shipping company named Seatrade whom has its headquarters on Curacao.