Simon Robertson

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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 is expected to step down from the Board by the end of 2012.[9] He also serves on the Boards of Directors of HSBC Holdings, Berry Brothers and Rudd, and The Economist.[1][2][4][5][7][8][10] 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.[11]

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][12] He is a member of White's. He was knighted in 2010.[3][6] He is a member of the Conservative Party Foundation.[13] He is reportedly worth £95 million.[2]

Robertson was knighted in the 2010 Birthday Honours for "services to business".[14]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Andrew Cave, 'British business people: The Top 1,000: Industry 20 to 1', in The Daily Telegraph, 29 April 2008
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 'HSBC chairman contenders: Sir Simon Robertson', in The Telegraph, 23 Sep 2010
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jill Treanor, 'Surprise on the menu for HSBC's chief executive Michael Geoghegan', in The Guardian, 26 September 2010
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Rolls Royce biography
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Rolls Royce Board of Directors biography
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Peter Marsh, 'Knighthood: Simon Robertson', in The Financial Times, June 11, 2010
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The Economist Group Board of Directors
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Eden Project Board of Trustees
  9. ↑ 'Rolls-Royce given go-ahead by Government to hire its first foreign boss', in The Daily Mail, 1st May 2011 [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382441/Rolls-Royce-given-ahead-Government-hire-foreign-boss.]
  10. ↑ Berry Bros & Rudd Board of Directors
  11. ↑ 30% Club members
  12. ↑ Royal Opera House Board of Trustees
  13. ↑ The Conservative Party Foundation members
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59446. pp. 1–2. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
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