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Sir Simon Robertson (left) and Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (right).

Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson (born 4 March 1941), is a British banker and businessman. [1]

Biography

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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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Andrew Cave, 'British business people: The Top 1,000: Industry 20 to 1', in The Daily Telegraph , 29 April 2008
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 'HSBC chairman contenders: Sir Simon Robertson', in The Telegraph, 23 Sep 2010
  3. 1 2 Jill Treanor, 'Surprise on the menu for HSBC's chief executive Michael Geoghegan', in The Guardian , 26 September 2010
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rolls Royce biography
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rolls Royce Board of Directors biography Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Peter Marsh, 'Knighthood: Simon Robertson', in The Financial Times , 11 June 2010
  7. 1 2 3 4 The Economist Group Board of Directors
  8. 1 2 3 Eden Project Board of Trustees Archived 22 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Berry Bros & Rudd Board of Directors Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  10. 30% Club members Archived 11 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Royal Opera House Board of Trustees Archived 9 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  12. The Conservative Party Foundation members
  13. "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2010. pp. 1–2.