Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson (born 4 March 1941), is a British banker and businessman. [1]
Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson (born 4 March 1941), is a British banker and businessman. [1]
Simon Robertson attended Eton College. [1] [2] [3]
He worked for Kleinwort Benson for 34 years, where he eventually served as chairman of the board. [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] He then worked for Goldman Sachs, where he served as President of Goldman Sachs Europe. [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] In 2004, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of Rolls-Royce, and he became chairman in January 2005. [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] He also serves on the Boards of Directors of HSBC Holdings, Berry Brothers and Rudd, and The Economist . [1] [2] [4] [5] [7] [8] [9] He has served on the Boards of the London Stock Exchange, Invensys, and Inchcape. [1] [4] [5] He runs Simon Robertson Associates. [1] [2] [4] [5] [7] He is a member of the 30% Club, a group of FTSE-100 Chairmen committed to having at least 30% of their Boardmembers being female. [10]
He sits on the board of directors of the Royal Opera House, and on the board of trustees of the Eden Project. [1] [2] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [11] He is a member of White's. He was knighted in 2010. [3] [6] He is a member of the Conservative Party Foundation. [12] He is reportedly worth £95 million. [2]
Robertson was knighted in the 2010 Birthday Honours for "services to business". [13]
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