Education
Harrow School.
Harrow School.
Astaire was recruited by the talent agency International Creative Management (ICM) United Kingdom, where he became the youngest agent yet to be employed by the firm. During his ten-year career as head of young artists (clients included Oscar Winner Rachel Weisz) and international signings at ICM, Simon established a thriving music department. In 1997 he became Chief Executive of Protocol Multimedia with diverse media divisions that included personal representation, product and celebrity endorsement and Puerto Rico, working with companies such as Bvlgari, Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Alfred Dunhill and Saatchi & Saatchi.
Charlize Theron was contracted to Bvlgari as Lady Helen Taylor was to Armani and Calvin Klein.
Astaire negotiated an unprecedented deal between writer Fay Weldon and Bvlgari. She was commissioned to write a novel The Bvlgari Connection in what was the first commission of its kind.
Astaire appears as a pundit regularly on Cable News Network, Sky News, Five and other networks commenting upon all key media and celebrity stories.
Among Astaire"s clients are members of the Hollywood establishment and the British Royal Family, including Prince and Princess Michael of Kent.