Summary
Sir Simon Manwaring Robertson (born 4 March 1941), is a British banker and businessman.[1]
Biography edit
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]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Andrew Cave, 'British business people: The Top 1,000: Industry 20 to 1', in The Daily Telegraph, 29 April 2008 [1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h 'HSBC chairman contenders: Sir Simon Robertson', in The Telegraph, 23 Sep 2010 [2]
- ^ a b Jill Treanor, 'Surprise on the menu for HSBC's chief executive Michael Geoghegan', in The Guardian, 26 September 2010 [3]
- ^ a b c d e f g Rolls-Royce biography
- ^ a b c d e f g Rolls-Royce Board of Directors biography Archived 10 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d e Peter Marsh, 'Knighthood: Simon Robertson', in The Financial Times, 11 June 2010 [4]
- ^ a b c d The Economist Group Board of Directors
- ^ a b c Eden Project Board of Trustees Archived 22 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Berry Bros & Rudd Board of Directors Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 30% Club members Archived 11 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Royal Opera House Board of Trustees Archived 9 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Conservative Party Foundation members
- ^ "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2010. pp. 1–2.